"My God…Omi?" called Kimiko, kneeling down beside Omi.

She placed a hand to his mouth, his breathing was sharp. He was shuddering. She rolled him over and placed a hand around the handle of the knife that was in Omi right up to the hilt. Her hand was shaking and blood was staining her pale skin. She suddenly felt another hand steadying hers. It was Clay. He put his hand around hers and they both pulled out the knife. He then pulled Omi over to one side.

Kimiko stayed where she was shaking. She couldn't hear anything. Her mind was a complete blank.

"Kimiko?" asked someone quietly, "K…Kimiko…get up…you've got to get up…"

Kimiko blinked blankly, then her eyes came back into focus. She thought it was Clay talking to her, but clay was still leaning over Omi. She looked up, it was Raimundo. He was smiling gently as he pulled her up. Kimiko suddenly came to. Everything that had just happened flashed past her eyes.

She stared at Raimundo's bruised face. There was blood trickling down from his mouth and a cut above his eye. One thought went through Kimiko's mind as she looked past him at Wuya, swaying on the spot. Revenge.

Raimundo walked over to Omi and knelt down. He pulled of his already blood stained shirt and ripped it into strips. He wrapped them around Omi's stomach. The make-shift bandages wouldn't last long. This would have to end quickly.

"You stupid bitch," said Kimiko, her dark hair falling over her face.

Wuya stared at her, breathing heavily. Kimiko was shaking with anger.

"You fucking bitch" hissed Kimiko, flickering her hair out of the way with a shake of her head, "You'll pay for what you've done!"

Kimiko flew though the air. Her foot connected to Wuya's face, knocking her backwards. She pulled Wuya up by the hair and slammed her knee into her face before throwing over to the other side of the cave.

"And to think," muttered Raimundo, "I almost missed this."

Kimiko picked Wuya up by the neck and held her against the wall of flames. Wuya's screech filled their ears and crept into their hearts before Kimiko threw her onto the floor again.

"…s…stop…please…" begged Wuya.

"Stop?" shouted Kimiko "Please? How many times have people asked you to 'stop'? How many times have asked you to 'please stop'? You tortured the one I love into madness, waited until he got better and then took him back and started torturing him again, then you try to stab me, but instead stabbed one of my best friends and you want me to 'stop'? 'Please'? You're lucky you're still alive now, but don't worry, I'll end your suffering…"

Kimiko picked up Wuya, her blood trickling down Kimiko's arm, onto her top. The smell of the blood made Kimiko's stomach turn. She wanted to vomit, but she refused to show weakness to Wuya. She wasn't worth the effort.

"…please…let…me…die…" hissed Wuya through her throat still being held tightly by Kimiko, "…quickly…"

Kimiko stared up into the face of the witch who had made Raimundo's life, and was now on the brink of causing Omi's. Wuya wasn't going to live for much longer, but she would be in pain. Kimiko decided that, the merciful thing to do would be killing Wuya off quickly, but she didn't want to give Wuya a peaceful ending.

"No," said Kimiko, dropping Wuya onto the ground and walking over to her friends.

She supported Raimundo, letting him rest of her shoulders. Clay picked up Omi, who was now unconscious.

"You're gong to die Wuya, in pain. All alone. It may take minutes for you to die, or it may take longer, depending on when the fire gets you." said Kimiko, "I'm going to let you suffer, as we have suffered."

With these words still ringing in Wuya's ears, the four of them let through the gap that Omi had made in the fire wall. Kimiko made the fire close the gap once they had passed safely through and they all walked along the passage way…


"Kimiko…Raimundo…" sobbed Wuya as the faces of everyone she had ever killed flashed passed her eyes, "please…don't let me die like this…please…HELP ME!"

With these final words echoing down the passage to the four dragons, the fire closed in around Wuya, melting her flesh and burning her eyes.

Down the passage way, Clay and Raimundo glanced at Kimiko, but she didn't hesitate and walked on as though she hadn't heard a word…


Master Fung looked out of the window. He could see two strange shapes in the distance. One of hunched over, and wide. As they got closer he recognised them. Raimundo was hunched over Kimiko's shoulders and the second shape was Clay, carrying…

"Omi is going to need medical attention immediately!" called Master Fung.

The gates were swung open and the four dragons limped in through into the courtyard. The monks quickly took Omi off to the medical room. They wanted to Take Raimundo as well, but Kimiko insisted on supporting him. Once in the medical room, she lay Raimundo down on the bed opposite Omi's. The monks had put material up around Omi's bed as they attended his wound.

Kimiko sat on the edge of the bed and stroked Raimundo's hair and he coughed and looked up at her.

"T…thank you…" he spluttered.

"For what?" asked Kimiko.

"For believing in me." laughed Raimundo, before closing his eyes.

Several hours after explaining the story to Master Fung, Kimiko was stood by the window in the medical room. Omi was bandaged and still unconscious. Raimundo was breathing softly.

"Perhaps you should also be attended to," said Master Fung, "You have several injuries yourself."

"Nothing serious," said Kimiko, "I did more damage to Wuya."

"So I hear," said Master Fung, looking concerned, "Was it necessary to leave her in the flames?"

"She got what she wanted. She wanted to die, so I let her die. I just didn't kill her I the way she wanted." Said Kimiko, "But I…I feel sort of…"

"Guilty?" asked Master Fung, "there is no reason to be guilty. I would've done the same in your position. But I insist you get some rest."

"I want to stay here," said Kimiko, turning around, looking down at Raimundo, "I…I want to be here when he wakes up."

Master Fung smiled gently and nodded. He understood.


(A/N) Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. 'Sky' on our TV packed up and to kill time my sister (Kat097) decided to spend the last two nights on the computer non stop! So I'm a bit behind on my writing and uploading and on top of that I'm on work experience right now so I have work to do. Damn being a fifteen year old sucks! 