***Disclaimer: I only wish I did.

***Author's Note: You'll all love me for this chapter!

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***Last Time…

Cassie's hands flew to his neck, feeling for a pulse. She knew the chances were slim. It was a miracle that she was able to detect Illousa and save herself and Maylo's body. But Haku didn't have any protection. Chihiro had moved the shield over them, not thinking she was taking it off of Haku. But it wasn't there.

"Well?" Chihiro asked, rocking back and forth. Cassie lowered her head and didn't answer.

Finally she said something, "He's gone…"

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Chapter 12

Parties and Farewells

Chihiro arched and screamed in pain and pleasure as Haku pumped back and forth into her. His groans mingled with her cries and he kept kissing her neck and jaw.

Arms and legs were entwined as Chihiro and Haku took a break. He wrapped his arms around Chihiro's bare shoulders as Chihiro curled up against him.

He bent down and kissed her forehead while mumbling, "I love you Chihiro."

"I love you too. And I'm so glad that Cassie was able to save you. I could never live without you."

He frowned, "But I don't have my powers anymore. I can't protect you."

"That's okay. At least you're alive. That's all I care about," she whispered as she planted a small kiss on his bare chest.

"But what if my father or my brothers come after you? Just because I have marked you," he ran his hand over the mark on her neck he had made just a few moments before, "doesn't mean they can't come and take you. Without my powers, any other dragon or human in the world can take you away from me."

"But I have my powers. I'm not a weak little human anymore. I can take care of myself and I'm not going to let anyone take me away from you."

"That's my line."

"I don't care. And I don't care about your father or brothers. I love only you and no one can take me away."

Haku smiled and put his hand around her thigh and lifted her leg up, "Ready for another round?"

Chihiro smiled and wrapped her arms around his neck, "You bet baby."

"Cheers to the safe return of Chihiro and Cassie, the great demon Mayla, and our very own Haku!" Baby cried as he raised his cup. Chihiro, Haku, Cassie, Mayla and everyone else at the long table back at the bath house joined in and cried, "Cheers!" before taking a long sip of the sweet, candy like soda. The whole table burst into laughter and conversation. Everyone wanted to know about what happened to Cassie and the once hated girl had become very popular. Mayla was telling her life stories to Lin and Haku was explaining what had happened after he and Chihiro had fallen from the tower to Baby.

"So Chihiro," Mayla said as she pulled Chihiro to the side, "What were you and Haku doing before the party?" she asked with a sly smile.

Chihiro blushed a bright red before putting some of her hair behind her ear, revealing Haku's mark on her neck. Mayla gasped (understanding what it meant being a demon) and smiled.

"So, what happened BEFORE this whole ordeal?"

Chihiro blushed and whispered, "He forgot to mark me."

Mayla burst out laughing which made Chihiro blush even more and whispered into her ear, "Is he coming with us?"

Chihiro paused then replied, "I forgot to ask him. With the whole Illousa deal and… well I'm sure he'll come. Why wouldn't he? Yubaba doesn't have control over him anymore and his family wants to kill him since he's the king so he should leave anyway."

"You mean, WAS the king."

Chihiro lowered her eyes. The only way Cassie had been able to save Haku when he was an inch from death was to take his dragon powers. Without them, he would have just a little more life and was able to survive. The main problem was that now that he wasn't even a dragon and just a mere human, his father and brothers would probably be after his position. He had refused to say anything about the problem and whenever she brought it up had quickly changed the subject.

"It's my fault he lost his powers. Now he's going to have to go into hiding."

"Yes, but I'd rather have to go into hiding than have a dead girlfriend," Haku said as he came around the corner smiling.

"Did you just agree about it being my fault?!" Chihiro asked, smiling.

"Seems he did. Heh, well, seems those hand signals from Lin means she wants more stories. I'm pretty famous being a assassin for hire!"

"Yeah, but it's not a good job. Can't you do something else?"

"What else is a demon supposed to do? I may be a assassin for hire but I'm also a demon exterminator. Plus a priestess, and a ninja, and a-"

"We get the point." Haku said, stopping her.

"There aren't any demons in the human world though. What are you going to do when you go back?" asked Haku.

"Who says there aren't?" smirked Mayla.

"I've lived there all my life and I've never seen one."

"Ya because most of my jobs take place in the human world. There are hundreds of demon exterminators in the human world. You've never seen one because half the time another demon is killing one."

"Mayla!" Lin cried as she came over, "Come on! Kanteena and I want to hear more of your stories!" grabbing Mayla's hand she raced back over to another one of the girls.

"Talk to ya later you love birds!" Mayla cried before turning back to Lin. Chihiro and Haku smiled. Then Haku took Chihiro's hand and lead her out to the garden. She chuckled when she saw the hair berry bushes and the small flattened area where she had sat when she and Mayla had first arrived. A small kiss on the mark on her neck brought her from her thoughts and she turned to Haku. She smiled. His deep green eyes shinned as he looked down on his love. Suddenly, the question Mayla had asked her earlier came to her head and she put her hand up to stop his lips from reaching hers. In His eyes were confusion but he pulled back.

"Haku… I've got two questions for you," she took a deep breath before continuing, "One, do you want me to call you Haku or Kohaku and two…"

Haku went ahead and answered her first question but she could tell he didn't like her hesitation, "I don't care what you call me as long as I know who you're talking to."

"Two… are… are you going to come back to the human world with me and Maylo? We've decided… we're going to leave tomorrow. We really have to get home and… am I going to have to leave you again?" she whispered as tears started to roll down her face, "I can't leave you…" Haku took her into his arms as she cried into his shirt. He stroked her hair and whispered soothing words to calm her down.

After a few moments when she was calm, Haku answered her.

"Why wouldn't I come back with you? I love you and I also have to go into hiding. With you and Maylo to protect me, my father or brothers wouldn't stand a chance! Maylo is a very strong demon, one of the strongest I've ever met at that. She can take care of both of us if she wants."

"What about me? What chance do I have at beating your family?" she whispered.

"A lot. Look Chihiro," Haku cupped his hands around her face and wiped the tears from her soft cheeks with the tips of his thumbs, "You are stronger than I would ever have been. You are strong than when I was king! You killed Illousa as easy as pie! My father probably could never beat her!"

"But… you need to hide. Is… is that the only reason you may come?"

"What are you talking about Chihiro!" Haku cried, furrowing his brow, "I would rather face my father and brothers than hide! The only reason I'm going with you is because I love you!"

"Really?"

Haku looked at her like she had gone crazy then smiled, "What do you think?"

Chihiro smiled before throwing her arms around Haku and almost squeezing the breath out of him.

"Okay… *wheeze* I get the picture!"

"We'll miss you all," Chihiro said as she, Mayla, and Haku stood on the bridge.

"Ya. We'll come and visit sometime too," Mayla said in a clam matter (for once).

"Yes you must," Lin urged, "We will have to meet up again. You guys are so much fun to be with."

Baby looked at his wife then agreed, "Yes, come anytime. It's always a pleasure to see you."

"We will," mumbled Chihiro as she took Haku's hand into hers, "And next time we come hopefully Yubaba will be well again."

"You bet she will!" Cassie cried from Lin's side, "With my medical history I'm gonna turn this place into a healing spa! I've already given Baby some great ideas! Right Baby?"

Baby smiled at Cassie, "Of course. Cassie has got some great ideas on how to bring us more business and better paying customers and Mayla has decided to help out too."

"You have?" Chihiro asked Mayla.

"Yep. There are plenty of demons I know who would love to come here. I could also send demons that have lost their way here for help."

Lin smiled widely, "This place isn't just going to be a bath house. We're turning it into a hospital and a hotel. So next time you're here we'll probably have expanded a lot."

Mayla smiled at the thought of it all and turned to Chihiro, "We've defiantly got to come back soon!"

"We can't come back if we don't leave Mayla," Haku said, urging them to leave, "My father could arrive any moment now."

"Oh alright," Chihiro sighed, "Well, I guess this is goodbye for now."

"Yeah… well, we'll see you all again someday. Won't we?"

"You bet!" Mayla cried as she grabbed Chihiro and Haku's hand and raced over the bridge, "We'll be back! See you!"

Chihiro and Haku stumbled then ran to keep up with Mayla. Chihiro turned around and waved, "See ya!"

As they reached the gateway of the spirit world and the human world, Chihiro paused as Mayla and Haku went on and looked back at the bath house.

'This is were it all started,' she thought, 'I'm never gonna forget this place. I met so many new people and friends. Plus I met the love of my life Haku. This is the best place on earth probably. I wonder if I'll ever come back?'

"Chihiro!? Hurry up!" came Mayla's voice.

Chihiro smiled before thinking, 'Yep. I'll be back alright.'

"Coming!" she cried as she followed after her friends into the tunnel with the light at the end.



'I'll never forget.'

The End

Sakura G.

FF,SMFA,&MAC

Sakura G: WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! We did it! The story is finally over! Everyone's happy-dandy and everything's good! Ya! This chapter is a little short and little long but I hope you all like it. 7 pages is good enough right?

Mayla: That was fun! Oh, and I have a question, How many jobs do I have?

Sakura G: A lot. Let me count… ::counts on fingers:: just 4 I think. I don't remember… maybe 5.

Cassie: Thanks Sakura for making me a good guy!

Sakura G: Why wouldn't I?

Cassie: I thought you hate me?

Sakura G: I do. You see ::turns to readers:: Cassie is based on a girl at my old school who I hated. She didn't act like this Cassie but I made her act like I wanted the on from school to act like. That Cassie was nice when I moved though.

Mayla: So Cassie is based on a 13 year old even though she acts like she's 9?

Sakura G: Yep. Okay well I'm gonna quite blabbering and let you people get on with your lives but I just wanted to answer a few questions I know I'm going to get.

1. No, I'm not going to write a sequel. I might after I finished all of my other story ideas but so far I'm not going to.

2. Another question was why did Mayla work for Illousa. Mayla's a assassin and assassins are people who are hired to kill so Illousa just hired her. Other than that there's not real connection.

3. Um… okay well if you have any other questions just email k?

Well, I guess that's it. Thank you all so much for the reviews. After this I'm going to post a thank you letter to certain people. But thank you all (even if you aren't on the list) for everything. I really appreciated it. So, once again, the end of ILLOUSA'S DRAGON!

***If you have any questions, comments, or flames (but none of you should give me any of those!), please feel free to email me at: sailor_ivy_girl@mail.com or post up a review. Tanks! And if you would like to get any existing chapter edited, just email me!***