KK: Hehe. I got notin' to do for an hour, so I might as well write. Anyways, thnx 4 all the totally cool reviews last time. I love the support.

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Chapter 20: The Battle Ends

Yuusuke looked up at the hill to see how Kaita was doing in her fight against Lord Aiten. He was horrified to see Bito standing over her with a sword. Yuusuke quickly gathered up all the spirit energy he had gained during the battle and fired it in one shot.

"Spirit Gun!"

The blast of energy flew over the battlefield. Time seemed to slow. The attack crashed into Bito's back just as he was about to kill Kaita. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out. The sword fell from his hand and clattered to the ground. His knees buckled and he fell forward, dead.

Kaita's breath was coming out in short, painful gasps. Her world was beginning to spin. But, just before she blacked out, she whispered, "It's over. We won."

Though she whispered them, the words carried over the whole battlefield and rang in the ears of every fighter. The demons looked up at the hill where their leaders had been defeated. The commanders of the surviving regiments looked at each other.

"We have no reason to remain," said one.

"Why did we even come?" asked another.

They looked at each other, nodded, and yelled, "Retreat! Retreat! All demon forces retreat!"

The demons dropped their weapons and fled the battle. The spirit detectives let them go, not wanting to cause any more deaths.

Kurama hurried up to the hill where Kaita had fallen. Yuusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei ran after him.

"Kaita!" Kurama dropped down next to her. He picked her up carefully and rested her shoulders in his lap, head resting against his chest.

Kaita struggled to open her eyes, but smiled when she saw her friends gathered around her. "Hey," she said weakly, "Great shot Urimeshi."

Yuusuke smiled and scratched the back of his head. "Ah, it was nothing."

Kaita laughed, but then winced and clutched her bleeding wrist. Her green camouflage tank top was already soaked with blood, as was the grass around her. Though she was half demon and her body unnaturally strong, she could only take so much. Kaita was losing too much blood and there was nothing she could do to stop it. Already the strain had bleached her hair white and the color was draining from her face.

"Kaita," Kuwabara said, "What's wrong?"

"My...left hand," she whispered.

Kurama gasped as she pulled it away from her body.

"Bito...he cut it off...made me...transform back," Kaita gasped.

"Yuusuke, do you have enough spirit energy to heal this?" Kurama asked.

Yuusuke closed her eyes and focused. But, after a few moments, he shook his head.

"Hiei..." gasped Kaita, "...my hand. Find my hand...and bring it here."

Hiei nodded and walked off.

Kaita now turned to her distressed boyfriend, "Kurama, do you...still have...your stitching...vine?"

Kurama looked puzzled for a second. Then his eyes opened wide and he smiled.

Hiei came back carrying Kaita's left hand. Kurama took it and held it to Kaita's wrist. He took a long, skinny seed out of his hair and laid it on the seam where Kaita's wrist and hand came together. Kurama concentrated on the seed. It suddenly sprang alive. Long, skinny vines with sharp tips and no leaves shot out it. Kaita gritted her teeth as the vines sewed the skin of her wrist and hand together. Then the vines went deeper and reconnected her muscles, veins, and bones. In a flash of red light, Kaita's hand was reconnected. The color began to return to her face. She stood up with some help from Kuwabara and Yuusuke. Then she looked out over the battlefield.

"Come on," she sighed, "Let's see how many we lost."

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KK: Review plz. And, I know this may be asking a lot, but plz plz PLZ read and review the first chapter of Alice Riddle, my Harry Potter story. All I need is one person to review it and I can post the next chptr. Thnx ya'll.