Just tryin' to get this typed and posted before I have to go to my dad's for a week...

Pairings for this story: EilonwyXKiba

KatanaXTsume

TaiXHige

RaineXToboe

BlueXHades

thought you ppl might want to know...

Diclaimer: I don't own it! If I did, I'd be rich...apparently I'm not...I do own Eilonwy and Hades though

Okay, this chapter kinda skips a bit of time since last, but only a few hours. It's supposed to start out in the middle of a battle for leadership . It's down to Kiba vs. Eilonwy

Paradise Awaits

Kiba charged at her again. He remebered what she had said.

Flashback

"Don't go easy on me just because I'm a girl..." Eilonwy had said.

End Flashback

Katana, Tsume and the others looked on as the sun began to set.

"Why the hell does she have to be so cruel?" Tsume asked.

"She has her reasons..." Raine mumbled from her seat on the ground.

"Like what?" Hige asked.

Raine was silent.

"You don't know, do you?" Toboe asked.

"How should I? The only person she ever told was Kat." Raine said, nodding her head towards where Katana was standing.

Everyone turned to look at her.

Katana stared straight ahead, before replying. "If she wants you to know she'll tell you."

Tai frowned before standing up and picking up the canteens. "I think I saw a stream nearby...I'll go get us some water so we can move out after this. Do you want to come, Raine?"

Raine nodded and stood, picking up the rest of the canteens. They walk off together into the forest towards the stream. (A/N ooo..I sorta abandoned the fight....)

Back with the fight for leadership

Eilonwy fell over onto her back. SHe tried to get up again but Kiba was already charging at her again. She used her hind legs to kick him in the stomach, sending him flipping over her head. (A/N it can seriously be done...my cousin, the one Hades is based off of, did it to our younger cousin once)

Kiba landed on his back a little ways away.

"That's gonna hurt..." Blue could be heard saying.

Eilonwy got up and began walking over to Kiba as he switched back to human form as a sign of surrender.

She placed one paw on his chest to hold him down as he tried to get up. "Listen up,sugar. This is how it's gonna work. We're gonna help you find you're little flower friend, but...."

Shots rang out.

By the stream

"How long do you think it's gonna take them to settle this?" Raine asked, as she filled the last canteen.

"Dunno...Personally, I don't want to be around Eilonwy after she's been in a fight...." Tai said.

"I guess we have a little time before we have to go back..." Raine said. "What do you want to do?"

"We could practice our fighting skills.." Tai suggested, turning into a wolf.

Raine trnasformed as well and they began to wrestle.

(A/N you had to know that to know what's going on later in the chap)

In the clearing

They all looked around for the source of the gun fire, just as Quent stepped out of the bushes, ready to fire.

The wolves began to run in the opposite direction when they heard a howl come from the direction of the stream.

Quent, knowing he couldn't catch these wolves, ran towards the howl.

"That howl...was that..Raine?!" Eilonwy began running towards the stream.

"Don't worry about them, Eilonwy! They can take care of themselves!" Hades shouted after her, but she was already gone.

Quent got to the stream just before Eilonwy did, but before he could fire, Eilonwy lept at him, knocking him to the ground unconscious. But not before he had shot her in the front leg twice. She collapsed. All the fighting had made her weak.

Tai and Raine walked over to her. Raine made sure she walked right over Quent.

A Hour later

Katana had bandaged Eilonwy's arm where she had been shot.

Eilonwy lay sleeping near the edge of the clearing as the moon rose into the sky. The necklace that hung around her neck began to glow and a beam of light shot out of it, pointing East.

East towards Paradise.