Anger filled Taris as he saw the tight grip that Jin had on Jubilee, Jin's finger nails digging into her tan skin. The green haired boy looked shocked if nothing else that Taris had returned from death, his white eyes were wide and his eye brows shot up. Jubilee gave him a smile small all the while tears of pain dripping from her brown eyes. Taris hated seeing Jubilee cry, and having her hurt by some boy who claimed to love her more than he was a strike his heart refused to take.

"If you love her as much as you say you do, then why are you hurting her?" Taris spoke in a calm voice, but his anger was residing just under his skin. Jin's eyes narrowed at Taris' speculation.

"Because you have fooled her, now I must teach her how wrong you are. You could never possibly love her as much as I do. I killed you once, I'd be glad to do it again." Jubilee screamed out as Jin tossed her into a nearby tree so he could prepare himself for the nearing battle.

"You got me once, never again." With that said Taris started to morph, sharp claws released from his fingers, tattoos appearing across his body in a stunning aray of black and white. Fur popped out of his skin as his bones switched around and made him fall to his striped paws. He let out a fierce roar when the change was complete. Taris' feral was sitting impatiently in it's cage where Taris had put it, waiting for it's chance to take on Jin. "Bring it.." Taris said telepathically.

Jin leapt forward with his finger's outspread as he reached for Taris. The reborn boy dodged his attack easily, leaping to the side away from Jin. Crouching low Taris leapt onto Jin's clothing covered back and bit into the back of his neck, but didn't get a very good grip. Jin screamed and shook Taris off. Taris' feral screamed in anger, it began to fight it's cage, but Taris mentally fought it as well as Jin. You can't fight me forever Taris, let me out, let me help you. Afraid of the consequences Taris ignored his inner beast and continued to bite and scratch the green haired boy before him, leaving deep red blood trails where ever his claws came in contact with his skin.

Taris mentally screamed as his claws got stuck under Jin's skin and he couldn't release them. Jin grabbed his paw and started to drain away his energy, Taris not knowing what to do just stood there on his four paws as his energy slowly faded away making him feel like lead was glued to him, dragging him to the ground. He felt so tired, so exhausted, he could hardly stand. His feral screamed and begged for Taris to let him out. Taris gave up holding his feral in, and in an extravagant display of power, ripped his claws free from Jin's arm and roared.

Jin's eyes widened in shock that Taris was still standing. A deep growl vibrated his chest and escaped his lips as he bared his teeth. His feral roared again, slitted blue eyes flashing against his black and white stripes. Anger coursed through him with new vigor.

"Let's fight."

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Jubilee cheered everytime Taris cut into Jin, but screamed everytime he recieved a hit. When Jin began to drain Taris' energy from him she thought all was lost. She was jubilant (A/N: sorry, couldn't find a better word) when he ripped his way free and renewed his attack with more energy than before. Now she watched in shock as Taris ripped Jin apart piece by piece, a cut here a bite there, slowly but steadily destroying his murderer.

Jubilee started to cry when Taris fell to the floor from exhaustion, while Jin stood there, seemingly unaffected by their fight. She couldn't sit there any longer, watching the boy she loves die again. She couldn't take it, not again. Slowly standing up so as to not draw attention to herself, Jubilee straightened and waited for her chance to strike. Her powers began to flicker in her palms, in a desire to be left unseen she tucked her hands behind her back. Then her chance came, Jin crouched down next to Taris with his hand outstretched, reaching for his skin. Pulling her hands in front of her she released her pent up energy and blasted Jin in his back making him fly through several trees before he stopped flying.

Running over to Taris she checked to make sure he was okay, then went over to where Jin landed. Seeing him start to get up she hit him again with her fireworks, burning his clothes, and charring his skin. The green haired boy screamed in agony, his white eyes wide in fear.

"I didn't get to see you kill Taris the first time, but I can guarantee you, it's not gonna happen again." Jubilee stared into Jin's eyes undaunted. "I thought you were a good person Jin, I really did. I held hope for you that you would learn to control your powers, and learn to fit in with the world, but you don't. You're nothing but a murderer." A single tear slipped down Jubilee's tan cheek as Taris came to stand beside her, morphed back into his normal human self.

Jubilee let her powers rise again in her, anger fueling her energy. Pain flashed in her eyes as she thought of killing a person she thought was her friend. She sent out her powers in a beautiful pattern of bright colors and watched in slow motion as they neared Jin so close, but stopped mid air. Jubilee thought she was dreaming when they stopped, but apparently Jin and Taris saw it too.

"What just happened?" Taris said as he watched Jubilee's attack stop.

"I'm not sure." She glanced at Taris in confusion. "Since you don't know what happened I guess it's not you being a telekinetic jerk." Taris smirked in response.

"No, it wasn't Taris." Said a shadowed figure as it entered the area. Jubilee stepped back in fear, but Taris stood there and wrapped his arm around Jubilee's shoulders. "It was I." Said the shadowed figure again. Thunder flashed and revealed him to her. He was a tall bulky person, not as strong as Taris but pretty well built. Green eyes peered from his tan face, broad shoulders framing his muscles. "Jade told me to stop you, she says you're too young to kill. I honestly don't care, but she seems to care for you a great deal." His deep voice reminded her of Taris and she pulled tighter into Taris' grasp.

"Jade? I've only met her once, and it was very brief." Jubilee said, watching the mystery person shrug.

"Whatever she wants I'm willing to do." He turned his attention to the spot where Jin was, but now it was empty. The green haired boy was long gone. Jubilee looking to the same direction gasped.

"He's gone!" She yelped. Taris breathed deeply of the air around him, trying to define Jin's scent from the surounding smells.

"I can't smell him, the trees block his scent too well." Jubilee started to cry again. Not knowing what to do Taris freed the wings that came along with his Shi'Aki heritage. Gripping Jubilee tightly he took flight, pulling her into the night air with him. Soaring back to the mansion he landed on his balcony. His wings pulled back into his back, his flesh healed over almost immediately.

"Taris, what if he returns?" Jubilee whispered to him. The blonde boy guided the young Asian into his room and pulled her against his chest.

"Then I'll protect you with my life Jubilee, he will not harm you, this I promise you." Her eyes began to well up with tears again and one dripped down slowly but Taris brushed it away with his thumb. "No more tears Jubilation Lee, I'm never going to leave you, never." The tall boy leaned down and brushed his lips gently against Jubilee's. Pressing his lips closer, he placed his hands on her waist while she wrapped her arms around his neck. Their kiss was tender and loving, but a firm declaration of their strong love. Taris and Jubilee were quite sure that no matter what happened, they'd fight it together, never leaving eachother, but enforcing eachother's strength when one was weak. Together they could do anything.

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(A/N) No, this is not the last chapter, hopefully the next will be though. I tried not to make it too cheesy or too mushy, tell me if I've over done it. Plz, read and review! L8r! -Sabeybaby