Author's note: The final chapter, but there might be a second part to it. Who knows. Anyway, I own no one but Rutilus. Enjoy

Chapter Eight

"Don't you dare fox!" Rutilus turned around Kurama still being held by his throat, Yusuke and Kuwabara were standing there.

"Do you really think you can stop me?!" Rutilus started laughing.

"Yeah, and we're going to make sure you're dead." Yusuke said.

"To stop your killing spree." Kuwabara said, Rutilus's stomach lurched again, she growled and threw Kurama on the ground.

"Not here." She growled at herself, she then looked up at them, "You can settle your score with me, at that thing called the park, there's a secluded area, you fight my boys first, then me."

"Fine, when fox?" Yusuke asked.

"Tomorrow, around sun set." She turned round and ran off.

"Why didn't she fight us?" Kuwabara asked, Yusuke shrugged, "We also have to fight the Toguro brothers again."

"Don't worry, I have a plan. We're going to pretend we're going to fight them, we'll leave Hiei and Kurama there to distract them. Then we run off and find Rutilus, and kill her." Yusuke said.

"That sounds like a good plan." Kurama said, Kuwabara took off his jacket and handed it to him, he put it on.

"Now, let's get back and tell the others." Yusuke said, they went back to his house to tell the others of his plan.

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Rutilus came into the temple, and yelled for Ototo and Ani, they came in half asleep.

"What is it Rutilus?" Ototo asked.

"We will be fighting tomorrow at the park." She said getting on her sofa.

"Okay, but why?" Ani asked.

"People want to kill me." She yawned, "I'll give you more directions in the morning, now go back to bed." They just nodded and went back to their room to sleep.

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Yusuke had explained his plan to everyone, now that Hiei was back, Hiei sat in silence.

"Hiei you okay?" Kurama asked.

"Yeah I'm fine." Hiei looked out the window.

"Maybe he's tired." Kuwabara said.

"Maybe." Kurama said, everyone stayed at Yusuke's that night, not wanting to go out and get caught by Rutilus.

*******

Ototo and Ani looked at each other, she said she would give them more directions in the morning and it was already passed three, she still wasn't up. Her ears twitched and her eyes opened.

"Good morning boys." She said.

"Morning? It's passed three." Ototo said, she shot off the sofa and looked out the window, they would have to be at the park in less then three hours.

"Why didn't you wake me up?" She asked.

"We figured you would get mad at us." Ani said.

"Oh, yes, that's right, I have a bad temper when I'm woken up." She said blankly.

"Anyway, about these plans?" Ototo asked, Rutilus returned to her sofa.

"The plans, well, we have to be at the park around sun set. You will fight them first, then, if they can make it passed you two, they will fight me." She said, "That's about it, but of course I'll help you two out when you fight."

"Okay." Ototo shifted uncomfortably.

"Now the only thing to do is wait for the time to leave." She lounged on her sofa lazily. Ototo and Ani got out their board game and began to play, Rutilus watched their game intently.

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Around sun down the four friends made their way to the park from Yusuke's, no one really wanted to say anything. They went into the park, Kurama used his nose and led them silently to the place Rutilus and them where. Rutilus was standing in front of them, watching their every move with her florescent green eyes, she smiled at them

"Good evening boys, a nice day for slaying isn't it?" She asked evilly.

"You're gonna die Rutilus." Yusuke growled, his energy was rising. Rutilus's hands gripped her stomach as she tried not to fall over.

"It will you who dies." She said, she turned to Ototo and Ani, "I have to go somewhere." She buried the claws of her one hand in Ototo's shoulder, he felt tremendous energy and power being transferred to him.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"Take my power, use it well." She took her claws out and started to run through the forest. Yusuke and Kuwabara had followed her, she put her hands against a tree to rest.

"So Rutilus, why did you run?" She heard Yusuke's voice, she turned around, Yusuke had a blue aurora around him and Kuwabara had his spirit sword.

"To protect myself...." She gripped her stomach, sank to her knees and vomited, "And to protect my unborn child."

"What?!" Kuwabara asked.

"She's probably telling us that so we won't attack her." Yusuke said.

"But, what if she is?" Kuwabara said, "I can't kill a pregnant woman."

"She's not! She's only lying to us." Yusuke said.

"No, she's not." Hiei was now standing in front of Rutilus.

"How would you know?" Yusuke asked.

"Because the baby is mine." Hiei placed his hand in Rutilus's head.

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Ototo and Ani were fight Kurama, they were winning be a long shot.

"Where is the others?" Ani asked.

"I don't know? Why are we doing what that stupid fox says? I'm stronger that her now." Ototo said, he and Ani went in the direction everyone else did, Kurama followed.

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Ototo and Ani walked into the clearing where Rutilus was. Ototo walked over to her, knocking Hiei out of the way.

"We're tired of being your slave boys, time to be free again." He grabbed Rutilus by the throat and lifted her in the air.

"Hey! She's pregnant don't do that!" Kuwabara yelled.

"Oh well if she is." Ani laughed.

"Mercy, mercy please!" Rutilus finally felt the icy pain of fear.

"Mercy? You want me to show you mercy? Did you show all the people you slaughtered mercy? Even when they screamed it, or when their loved ones had to watch them die?" Ototo began to tighten his grip on her throat.

"Someone help her." Hiei said, Kurama put his hands in his pockets and found something, he pulled it out. It was the bead necklace Yusuke had had on the drain him of his power.

"Hiei, put this in her hand." He handed the necklace to Hiei, he nodded and was gone in a flash. Rutilus felt something press into her palm, it was beads, she looked at them quickly and threw them around Ototo's neck.

"I..Call to the higher...Power!" She said.

"What in the hell are you doing fox? The higher power isn't going to help you." Ani said.

"Hear my pleas! Take what is mine...And what is his! The power to kill.....The power to hurt! Trap them...Within my grasp...Within my stone pearls!" She yelled hoarsely, the necklace began to glow as it sapped the power from Ototo. Soon he wasn't even strong enough to hold her, she fell to the ground.

"Damn you fox!" He growled.

"I'll take that." She removed the necklace and wrapped it around her wrist, "Leave, I now have the power to slay you both. Leave, never return, you are free." Ototo and Ani scrambled off, a little dumbfounded. Rutilus turned to the other.

"Do you still want to fight fox?" Yusuke asked.

"No, I want to live in peace." She smiled, "I have something for you." She whistled, they heard someone come into the clearing behind them, they turned around. It was Keiko.

"Keiko!" Yusuke ran over and picked her up, "Oh Keiko, I love you so much."

"I love you to Yusuke." She said, they kissed.

"While my ex slaves slept I snuck out and brought everyone I killed back to life." Rutilus said.

"Why?" Yusuke asked.

"After I realized I was pregnant I decided it was time for me to stop killing and settle down." She walked over to Hiei and picked him up.

"How did you and Hiei come to meet?" Kuwabara asked.

"Well, he was trying to save his red headed friend and I just, fell in love when I set eyes on him. I'm not going to go into great detail." She said.

"Oh, okay." Yusuke said, "Where are you going to stay?"

"I'm going to fix the temple up and live there." She said.

"Okay, come one we'll help, you can't do it all by yourself." Kurama said, and they went to fix the temple up.

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Now the temple is fixed up, Rutilus is in normal clothes and Hiei lives with her for the most part. Now they all wait for the birth of their baby, which is said to be a girl, Speciosus Filia, that means beautiful daughter in Latin.