M-Chan: yes I know it's been a while, but this chapter is really long and I had a sever case of writers block; I still do on my other two stories (my apologies if you reading "Yet another Cinderella tale" and "When love knows all"). Oh, yeah this is the last real full chapter the epilogue is on the shorter side because it basically sums up the story.

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If Things Were Real

Chapter 13 –The end of it all

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Running, I haven't realized until now who much I absolutely hate running. Do you realize how hard it is to keep up with Hiei? Neither can I cause I couldn't do it. I felt so bad he had to stop like five times. He looked annoyed. Part of me wants to say go back and let me be but the other part is to scared to keep going alone.

This is so stupid, this is my job why'd I have to drag him into this? I fell like I want to just ya know SCREAM!

"How far?" he asked.

"I don't know I thought we were close fifteen minutes ago." I said wheezing from the running.

"We should stop," he said.

"Why?" I asked grinning "Tired already?" I started back up again. He followed. We ran again. I inhaled deeply and the strangest thing happened, everything just seemed to slow down. I touched my temples as my vision blurred. I fell on one knee.

"You need to go back," I said painfully "They're in trouble"

"What about-."

"Don't worry about me, I'm fine just go" that vision was terrible. They might not need help now but they will. Yusuke and Kuwabara are already very weak; this guy isn't going to be easy to beat. Wait, that's the other thing Kurama was fighting what looked like a girl. I shook the thoughts out of my head as Hiei went the opposite way down the dungeon looking hallway.

"Stupid vision, stupid clues, stupid jewel…." Yes the word stupid takes up most of my vocabulary.

Wow. I think Koenma must have gotten his facts wrong or something because this is no jewel. Or maybe there is a jewel and it's just very cleverly hid. Because all I see in front if me is a field of beautiful red, purple, and black flowers, yes a literal field; either it's a big ass room or a really small back yard.

It's beautiful, utterly beautiful. There's a quote that comes to mind that seems vaguely remember: Something so beautiful created from pure evil.

I knelt down in the flowers.

'What are these?' I asked myself, as I smelled the colorful flowers. I instantly felt drowsy.

"JESSI!" Jana's voice rang through my head it was the last thing I heard before I fell.

"What's happening?" I asked aloud unable to get my thoughts straight.

"The flowers of confusion" I herd a voice say " The same evil that took me over"

"Who the fuck are you?" I asked as I shut my eyes. Who's talking to me? What am I doing here? What exactly is 'here'? Why can't I remember anything? I need to sleep…………………


Drink, drink from the bowl.

"What are you talking about?"

The bowl in front of you, drink from it, my daughter it will make you stronger

"Daughter? Am I your daughter?"

Drink and do as I ask.

So I drank. The cold liquid slithered down my throat. I felt my blood boil and my senses sharpen. "What's happening to me?"

I made you stronger now you must do something for me

"Like what?"

The door on your right there are four men in there, kill them. Kill them all.

I had lost all sense of judgment and remembered nothing "I will".

Go then go and fulfill your lust or blood. Murder them all.

"If you are my master than tell me what is my name?" I asked.

I gave you the name Jessi, go now my child

"Yes my lord"

Be warned they speak in lies ignore their words.

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I walked into the room. There were four of them, all-standing there like they were waiting for me. Men, how predicable.

"Jessi what are you…" one trailed off looking at me.

"Why do you speak my name with confusion?" I asked curiously, "Am I not your opponent?"

"What are you talking about?" One in green asked, "We're your friends"

"Really then, then I was I sent to kill all of you?" I asked glaring at them. "My master made me stronger, strong enough to beat all of you" I grinned when they didn't respond. "You're all afraid then. Too bad, who's first?" They exchanged looks the one in read stepped up.

"I shall be your opponent"

"Don't say it like it's a chore" I said grinning again.

"Be careful," I heard one whisper "She's much stronger and we can't kill her." I shrugged it off.

"Bring it on," I said as I cracked my neck. The red head stepped up. With in minutes he took out some kind of whip and the fight was on.

"Your fast" I said blocking another attack allowing another gash to appear on my upper arm. "I might have to try harder" I lunged at him with my knee he fell over and got up quickly. I threw punch after punch, kick after kick. After about two minuteshe backed off suddenly.

"What are you-." I cut myself off by an intake of sharp breath. He attacked me from behind. I staggered; before I could regain my composure I got another punch in the face. I fell to the floor. I expected him to finish me off but the blow never came. The figure in black stood above me. I stood up.

"Are you going to kill me or not?" I asked.

"Why don't you remember?" the one in green asked.

"Remember what?" I asked. I noticed the one in red eyeing the back of my head.

"Now what the fuck are you doing?" I asked irritated, I'm carrying on a conversation with people I'm supposed to be killing, why doesn't that look right in my book?

"You have the flower of confusion around your neck," The red head said

"So?"

"Take it off and see what happens" I sighed, well if it gets my job done sooner… I took the flower around my neck off. Memories came flooding back into my mind. I fell to my knees in shock. I attacked my friends, I hurt one of my best friends how could I?

"What happened?" I said scared "Where's Akira?"

"We don't know" Yusuke said.

"What about the jewel?" I asked still on the ground.

" I believe that it is still in my possession" I heard Akira say from behind.

"You" I said standing and anger rising "You made me attack me friends" I was pissed. I let me access energy flow into my hand as I did before. "Why me?"

"Because Jana did the same thing to a certain fire demon oh so many years ago. I wanted to know if he'd make the same mistake again. The mistake of killing someone close to him" My eyes ran over him up and down to find the jewel, the jewel that right now should be destroyed. I found it hanging at his wrist. How could I get it?

"URIMESHI!" Kuwabara yelled snapping me out of my day dreaming gaze. Yusuke was attacking Akira at full assault.

"Yusuke your not strong enough back down!" I yelled, but do you honestly think he'll listen to me?

'It's too much all of it. I've been fighting, forgotten my friends, and been through hell in this castle. I wanted to leave.'

Yusuke fell to the ground.

'It's my fault all of it, the fact that were even here, it's my fault.'

My hand heated up as Kuwabara lunged at Akira, but the jewel allowed Akira to exceed his usual power.

'It's not fair, why does everyone have to live with my mistakes, my screw-ups?'

Kurama steeped in Kuwabara's place attacking head on.

'Kurama's weak because I fought him. They can't win.'

Hiei was the last to step up, he fought amazingly but like all the others he fell. I shook in rage.

'NO! Why me why do these things always happen to me. I wont let it happened again, I refuse to let it happen to anyone again.'

"NOT AGAIN!" I yelled. My eyes glazed over and raised my hand. In seconds the red orb I had once held was released and raced toward Akira. There was a large bang. I reached up and caught a small object. Once black the tiny jewel turned a light green color. I held it close.

"We won," I whispered before I passed out for the third time.


I woke in a very recognizable bed. I was in my room, back at the house. My mind naturally filled with questions of what happened. Kurama walked in.

"So your awake, how are you feeling?" he asked sitting at the end of my bed.

"Like I tried to kill you a while back, sorry about that" I said nervously.

"No harm, no foul. Your lucky though Botan laid a huge guilt spread on Koenma so he now believes that he is eternally in your debt."

"That might come in handy," I said chuckling. "It's over! It's all over!"

"Are you sure that's a good thing?" he asked. I looked at him confused.

"Why wouldn't it be?"

"Your planning on going home now right?" I nodded "Are you forgetting something?" he asked his hand brushing my marked shoulder.

"Hiei" I murmured.

"I talked to him" I looked up in surprise.

"And?"

"It's not permanent, the mark, not until you two conceive" A gave him a shocked look.

"But then why the purpose of the mark?"

"That's up to the individual" I nodded.

I could make it all go away. All of it. I could go home and never remember this place. This place, these people, everything.

No I can't.

"I need to go," I said standing up.


Guess were I found him. Guess where I found that person I have to call a boyfriend.

"Why is it that I can always find you here?" I asked entering the cave. He just looked at me. "My plane leaves in a couple hours, I'll be leaving soon."

"Are you coming back?" I looked at him. To think I thought this was going to be easy.

"Of course, when high schools over, I'll be able to come back." He said nothing "Hiei, there are a lot of things on the escapade I would change if I could but meeting you isn't one of them" Great, the tears. I'm such a sap. " I want to say that that this will be easy, but I just get to know you more and finally understand you and I have to leave"

"It's only about two years right?" I nodded. We hugged for what seemed like forever.

"I have to go," I said, "But I would trade anything in the world to stay here"

Before I left he whispered something in my ear. The three magical words that can make any girl melt.


Kurama drove me. He's like my best friend now. I'll miss him.

I sighed and rested my head on the back or the headrest. I saw airport coming up ahead. I looked in the mirror to make sure my hair wasn't to out of whack, or makeup running.

"Oh, my god," I said loudly as I started looking through.

"What is it?" Kurama asked.

"My necklace with Hiei's teardrop, where is it?" I picked up my pathetic excuse of a suitcase and started to look through it.

"Check the glove" He said pulling into a parking space. I did. The little fox, he is so like a best friend. He tricked me, or more so helped Hiei trick me. In the glove compartment there was a small black box. Inside was the teardrop, in a set of prongs, on a golden ban.

"You suck," I said laughing. I slipped the ring onto my left hand.

Eventually I found my self at the plane gate.

"This is it," I said

"Write?"

"Of course,"

"I'll have to meet your friends someday" I nodded

"I don't want to leave."

"You can do it the gates only three feet away."

"Two years"

"You have to go"

"I know," I looked up at he sign then back at him. I gave him a quick hug and walked into the plane

"Bye" I whispered. I will miss this place so much.

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M-Chan: epilogue will be out soon followed by the sequal. Yes there is going to be a sequal. Now can I out the sequal is purely humor than romance. Now read the epilogue! It's really important!

Ciao

M-Chan16