Mwahahaha! Here I am again with the…second or third chapter to the last. Yay! I'll actually finish before I leave, and then I'll have the chapters for the third book up soon after that…I might have to retype them all if my laptop doesn't start working again. T.T But anyways…enjoy!

Disclaimer: Me no own!

Chapter Twenty-seven

"I cannot believe you would be so stupid as to set so many traps!"

Malia and Kairi ram into each other, trying to shove each other out of the way so that one can get ahead of the other. It does not work and only succeeds in slowing them down more. Malia speeds up at the thought of her friends bloody and dying somewhere in the dark and Kairi speeds up at the thought of her bigger sister beating her. (a/n: Yes, Malia is the elder.)

"Stop blaming me for everything. Just because you're two minutes older doesn't mean you can shove me around, got it?"

"Why don't you shut up? I'm new to this stuff, okay?"

A few more minutes of hard running; they skirt across the castle as if they've known the layout for years. Which Kairi has, but Malia is just getting to know it. This is made clear by the three times that Malia ran into a wall when she should have turned.

The dungeon comes closer.

In the Dungeon

"Onna…you have an arrow in your shoulder," Hiei states with concern.

"Eh?" Olivia glances at her shoulder quickly. "Oh that! I guess I should pull it out, huh?"

"…Yes, I think that would be wise," Kurama rips it out rapidly. Olivia winces.

In the corner Meagan's wound is being treated by a swearing Yusuke. She winces each and every time that Yusuke says another swear word, reminding herself to add another coat of pink to his room when she returns.

"So what's the plan, fox?" Hiei turns his head.

"I haven't thought of one."

Everyone sweat-drops, anime style. Then they jump up and pounce on Kurama, verbally abusing him to the point of which everyone is momentarily deaf. Then, something happens they never expected. From the two points of entry burst two different pairs: on the left enters Nissi and Vanessa, and on the right enters Malia and…Malia?

"Oh my gosh you are both soaked in blood!" Nissi scrambles over quickly, still staring at the two Malia's.

"What the heck!"

Malia comes forth and hugs each of her friends, "Kairi, my friends; my friends, Kairi."

"W-wait, what's going on?" Vanessa stammers.

"It was all a ruse—well sort of…" Malia murmurs. "Touya is my father!"

o.0 "WHAT!" All of the Destinies and the boys jump on Malia, scaring the wits out of her. "YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS! TOUYA?"

Malia nods slowly, a smile gracing her lips, "Yep. And I'm kind of happy about it, too."

"So then…I guess we don't get to kick anybody's butt?"

"No," a voice says from the doorway. "I suppose you don't."

Those present spin and see Touya, smiling slightly. "You…"

"I'm sorry to cause you all of this trouble, and if you will agree to it, I wish for us all to be friends."

They think it over for a moment before smiling and sending hugs around. Kairi is welcomed into the group with open arms, and Malia suggests that they spend the night in the castle and get to know each other. The boys—minus Jin; he's got a few words to say to Touya—and the Destinies gently decline. It's time for them to go home.

"You'll be back soon, right Malia?"

"Yup!" she waves happily.

Up in the air on her cloud, Olivia and Meagan sigh unhappily. Hiei raises an eyebrow at them, and Yusuke prods them, "What?"

"Well…" the two look at each other. "We were hoping for a better ending."

"What are you talking about? Malia found her real father and her sister. And nobody got hurt. How much better can it get?"

"We didn't get to kill anyone," the two mumble glumly.

THWACK! Hiei whacks the two upside the head with the sheath of his katana. The two stare at him with watering eyes, angry.

"What was that for?"

"You two are so selfish!"

"That's rich coming from you, Hiei!" Meagan shoots back.

"Watch it, onna!"

"YOU WATCH IT!"

Splurt. Under the strain of arguing with Hiei, Meagan's wounds reopen revealing a lot of blood. She screams and topples off the cloud, to the depths below. And that is how Meagan fell to her bloody death. Just kidding.

Everyone holds on as Olivia maneuvers her cloud down, down, down, to the ground, catching Meagan moments before she hits the ground with a bad crash. Yusuke chides her, furious, as Kurama and the others come flying by on their cloud to check on them.

"She's all right…"

"Just checking," Kuwabara sits back down in his place.

Nissi leans over her cloud and also chides Meagan, who is looking thoroughly tired of all the chidings she has received in the past two minutes. Well Meg, Olivia thinks to her, if you don't like being chided, don't do such stupid stuff. Seriously, falling over at the sight of blood. You should be used to it.

The mansion looms into view and they all dismount the clouds, preparing to enter. Little do the boys know, in their hurry to get in and rest, that the Destinies are holding back, stepping little by little away. Mwahahahaha…

Okay, that was the absolute worst place to cut it off but I wanted the reaction to be one completely separate chapter! Hahaha! Last chapter, the next one is. I can't believe it—I've finished two stories without one mental breakdown! Yay! Oh yes, props to Vanessa for her claws. Hahaha!