Well, here is the final chapter to my first fanfic. Thanks for all the great reviews. The reviews are really helpful.

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Chapter 9: The Final Battle

Yorouki smirked as Yukina walked forward. She had seen her fight Kiyoko, and she didn't pass off as very strong. Yukina walked forward, her head full of plans, and her heart full of determination. Yorouki walked forward, still weakened from the last attack by Yusuke. Yukina was accompanied by Boton, who helped her carry Yusuke to safety, and then she walked forward again. Meanwhile, Boton was trying to heal Yusuke with her ordinary powers. It didn't take too long and he was sitting up in no time, waiting for the fight to begin.

Yorouki and Yukina just stared at each other for a long time. Yukina was starting to get pissed off.

"Will you hurry up and attack already?!" she asked Yorouki. Yorouki gave her a dirty look, ran forward, and attacked. Yukina fell backwards with extraordinary force, and got back up on her feet. Yorouki attacked again, and Yukina flew again. Each time, Yukina stood up, almost unhurt. Then Yukina attacked. Yorouki flew backwards and hit the wall, losing some of her energy. Then she stood up, and attacked Yukina. Yukina dodged, and countered with a heavy blow to the back. Yorouki fell over in disbelief.

"How can you be that strong?!" she exclaimed. "You weren't that strong when you fought Kiyoko!"

"You should have learned this by now, being a demon and all, but a true demon never shows their complete power. That way they have the element of surprise. Besides, kiyoko was at least 10 times weaker than I am. She was easy to beat. You should have known that, watching your little monitor." Yukina explained. "All this time, I have been fighting a rookie." at these last words, Yorouki stood up, her anger swelling inside of her.

"ROOKIE!" she bellowed. "I'll show you who the rookie is!" she attacked with such a force that Yukina fell backwards, and struggled to get up.

"Haven't you been listening to what I said?" Yukina asked. "You showed all your power. You've lost your attack." Yukina attacked with a force so powerful, that Yorouki fell backwards, and almost lost the match. She stood up, and Yukina made a sword out of ice. I was long and sharp, and looked very deadly. Yukina swung, and Yorouki jumped. Yukina ended up cutting off Yorouki's leg.

"That's gotta hurt." Yusuke said, as the fight continued. Yorouki couldn't walk anymore, so she tried to use her powers.

Fire against ice - fire always wins. Yorouki thought to herself. She shot a jet of fire at Yukina, and Yukina smiled. She raised a hand, and water flew out of her hand onto the fire. As soon as it hit, it froze into ice. The jet fell to the ground, harmless now.

Good, she won't have time to freeze more than one if it takes her that long. Yorouki thought, then she threw jet after jet of flames. Yukina froze what she could, and jumped out of the way for the rest. The ones that were free of ice, hit the wall behind the rest of the group, and ricocheted off, almost hitting them. Yukina decided she would have to finish this quickly. Yorouki must have been thinking the same thing, because she charged, and knocked Yukina to the ground. She wouldn't stop attacking.

Yorouki finally stopped attacking, and decided that she would finish them off by forcing them too kill each other. She took control of Yusuke's mind. No one seemed to notice anything, and Yukina continued attacking.

This one is first. Yorouki thought, and Yusuke began walking forward.

"Where are you going Yusuke?" Boton asked. Yusuke just ignored her, and continued walking.

"I don't think he can hear you." Kuwabara said.

"Why not?" Boton exclaimed.

"You see his face? That's what Kurama's face looked like when Yorouki took control of him." Boton looked over, horrified. Yusuke continued walking forward, and stopped, in between Yorouki and Yukina. He turned to face Yukina.

How did she find time to do that? She wondered when she saw Yusuke's face. No matter, I'll have to beat her anyway. She charged at Yorouki, but was stopped by Yusuke, who stood in a fighting stance. Yukina was surprised at this, but got ready anyway. Yusuke charged, and hit Yukina, but Yukina fought back. She charged, and knocked Yusuke to the ground. He stood up, and Yorouki was surprised that she would attack a friend. But then again, Hiei did attack his lover. Yorouki decided to finish him off, because she was getting nowhere fast with this fight.

Kayko watched, horrified at what was happening. Yusuke powered up his Spirit Gun, pointed it at his stomach, and…

"Yusuke!!!!!!" Kayko screamed as loud as she could. The voice was so loud, that Yorouki fell down in pain, and lost control of Yusuke's mind. The blank stare disappeared from his face, and he opened his eyes wide. Yusuke turned the gun away just in time, and it fired at Yorouki. Yorouki was lying on the ground, covering her ears. The shot from the Spirit Gun hit the floor near her, but she didn't seem to notice. She was n the ground, babbling about something. Yusuke walked over to Kayko and was able to completely untie her, and then they walked over to the rest of the group.

"Hiei, I know you don't want to leave Kurama's side, but please watch Kayko for me." Yusuke said.

"Where are you going?" Hiei asked.

"I'm going to help Yukina." Yusuke answered. "Can you watch her?"

"Sure. Kurama would've, if he were able to move. I'll take care of her." Hiei said. Yusuke walked over to Yukina, who was observing Yorouki.

"How did Kayko's scream stop Yorouki?" Yukina asked.

"I don't know, but I really don't want to find out. As long as it helped us, I don't care." Yusuke said. They walked over and stood next to the still babbling Yorouki.

"What are we supposed to do with her?" Yukina asked Yusuke.

"Beats me. It would be kind of unfair if we attacked her when she's like this." Yusuke answered.

"But if we don't, then she will come back, and try to kill us all, starting with Kayko." Yukina said. "And just think of what she did to us. She used Kurama to fight, instead of fighting herself, she tried to make you kill me, and then she tried to make you kill yourself. And she wants Kayko dead."

"You got a point here, but I wouldn't fell right if I fought when she couldn't fight back. I'm not like her. I want everyone to have a chance." Yusuke said.

"You may not be like her, but I am. If she's down, I take her out." Yukina said. "If you don't like it, then go back to the rest of the group. You don't belong up here fighting." Yusuke walked to the group and kept his back turned, but he could still hear everything. Yukina made a sword out of ice, and Yusuke could hear a scream come from Yorouki. He flinched at the noise, but didn't dare turn around to see what happened. Yukina walked back to the group.

"It's done." was all she said. They all stood there, and Kuwabara opened his mouth.

"Can we leave now?" he asked. Everyone looked at him, except Hiei, who was still kneeling next to Kurama.

"How are we supposed to get him out of here?" Hiei asked the rest of the group. No one knew what to say. "You heard what Yukina said earlier. If we don't get him out of here soon, these could turn infectious, and he could most likely die." still no one could answer. They all turned away from Hiei, and he knew why. They were probably going to have to leave him there, or carry him out, which would hurt him even more.

"I'll carry him then." Hiei answered himself.

"You can't! you would put him in extreme pain!" Yukina said.

"Yeah, but at least I wouldn't let him die. He'll forgive me for the pain. He won't forgive me if he dies. I couldn't forgive myself." Hiei stood up, and picked up Kurama, who only moaned from the pain, as he was still unconscious. Then he walked to the edge. The fire had been extinguished when Yorouki had died. Hiei jumped into a nearby tree, jumped down, and blurred back to his home.

"I guess we better get out of here too." Yusuke said, still facing away from Yorouki. They all walked out of the tower, being careful of the traps. Some had disappeared, but the rest had not deactivated. They left the tower, taking one last look. They did it again. The saved the world. Boton made a portal back into living world, and then saying goodbye to Yukina, they departed.

Yukina turned away after her friends had departed, and ran back to Hiei and Kurama's house. She made it there in a few minutes, and found Kurama lying in bed, his wounds bandaged, and Hiei sitting next to him.

"How is he?" Yukina asked. She was worried too, about Kurama's injuries.

"Not good. But with luck, he'll get better. We just have to let him heal." Hiei replied. Suddenly, a small scratchy voice came from the bed.

"Yukina… thank you… for helping me… for killing Yorouki… now I know that Kiore's soul can rest…thank you." Kurama said.

"Anytime Kurama." Yukina replied. "Anytime."

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Yeah, I know, sucky ending, but I'm horrible at endings. Well, thanks again for the reviews. I know that this is the last chapter and it doesn't make much difference, but please R&R. yeah, what use is it, but I like hearing from people who could help me. Well, keep an eye out for the sequel to this story, there's no name for it yet though. ^_^