Shitza: Hello, how are everyone today? I'm sorry I am late, but homework has been poured over me, the only time I could start writing was in the evening. My exams starts in a few weeks, I have finally got the schedule for it. I am really longing for the next holiday.

The second reason... it takes ages for me to write decent battle chapters I am content with. Just so you know.

Still, I am super duper happy. Well, I am starting the coolest attacks ever... coming in the next fic. Only problem is that I still have a long way to go, the attacks are slightly different from the ones so far. Like G-Revolution the bladers helps out in all the attacks, only this time a bit more then usual. I am of course thinking about one of Kai's attack, don't remember what it was named, but if I say blaze on his fingers and burning phoenix wings on his back you might guess. It was the attack he used again Ray, against Tyson and against Brooklyn.

But we are still not there yet, but until we are if anyone can come up with attacks in the categories of

Wind
Fire
Lightning
Ice
Water
Earth
Love
Illusions
Darkness

OPS: NOT Wisdom

then review or mail me, please. just ramble on, something to make my inspiration float. I have sort of made a list of all bladers and their elements, listing all their attacks and the movements.Just name then, let me take care of descriptions.I am really looking foreward to the day the five fics can be finished, but until then, I have a long way to go!

Besides, I think i said there will be three end-battle chapters. Will you all cry if I made this the end of them all. I just noticed if I make this chapter into two then it will be really short. So instead, I have the final part of the war here, and then I'll start with the last piece next time. This means... OMG, this is probably the second chapter before the epilogue. It's almost finished! (Faints)

I'm thinking of naming the series too. I have to say something like part two of... I just have to come up with a name, still the titles will probably be kept. I am not changing. But it help out in the summaries. Or the last smmary will be like:

Sequel to GoL, PoD, DaD, tBW... then summary can start.

It's a bit too long. I would want a name to the serie. (Starts thinking.) I'll tell you when I can make a name for it.

Shitza

Ps: Has anyone ever wondered what a demon may look like not being inside a human body. If so then this is your chance!

Pps: I appologise for the jumpiness in this chapter, but I just love building on the tension.

Chapter 18 To Balance Light

The silence, the fear, the darkness... Kim felt herself falling down the endless darkness of the universe. Darkness swallowed her, tried to eat her whole. Forsake the light within her blood that she had been born to guard for coming generations. Kim tried to open her mouth, to scream. But no words came. She was an empty shell, now born from darkness.

"Kim, wake up!"

Kim slowly opened her eyes. Shi-Ma stood bent over her, patting her forehead with a wet piece of cloth. Kim yelped sitting up. Immedietaly Daichi was by her side. She was back in the house which she some minutes ago had left. Why?

Daichi grabbed her hand, feeling it was still warm. He sighed in relief. The demons had tried to attack her, many attacks had come and if Zeo hadn't een quick enough to shroud them all into a darkness then there was no knowing what could have happened. He would have to thank the turquoise haired teen later. He had saved lives doing it. Some of the demons attacked had hit and for those people there was no cure. They would become demons sooner or later. He was so relieved that his sister didn't get hit. He suspected there had been more then just darkness around her. She had her own ways of making shields, which was probably the only thing she did having the gift of light.

"Sis, you're awake!" he said happily. "How do you feel?"

Kim moaned. "I feel like Serpera has wacked my head with its tail. What time is it?"

"About an hour since those pesky things showed up. You nearly gave me an heart attack, I thought I had lost you. You were so cold."

Kim smiled. "I'm fine, really, I am just fine. What is happening outside?"

Daichi sighed. "Hilary has joined Max and Tyson going demon hunting. Tyson was close on being hit, but he reflected it in the nick of time. Ray is checking upon every survival pushing them back into the game. Kai went after Gasesh, or rather Gasesh went after Kai. I am not sure why, but it seems Gasesh has some abilities in seeing into the future and something about Kai scares him. He seems scared out of Raya too, so he is attacking her as well. Doesn't get far with it, you know how she can be. Treats him like any of her love-sick proposers.Zeo tried to go after Etrish, but the demon escapes him every time. He's outside at the moment."

Kim sighed, out of relief. People seemed to be able to keep themselves alive as it was. The doors opened and Zeo rushed over to her, as the guards finaly had let him in.

"Kim... are you all right?" he asked taking her hand as well. Kim smiled telling for the second time in ten minutes that she was unharmed. Daichi left the two love birds to be alone. He had other patients, for example the Priestess of Ice who seemed to have gotten her leg bitten off. He sighed hearing the roaring anger coming from the woman's mouth.

Kai growled. His arm was bleeding from a deep cut. Deep, but not deadly. Gasesh had disappeared that the demons didn't know where to find him. He had a feeling this was really bad. Something about that demon made his hair stand on edge. He sighed as Raya did her best to take care of his wound. Green eyes met his, she was worried her could see that. he looked back, driving her worries away with a light kiss. Oh no, you didn't get away from Kai Hiwatari that easily. He knew how to survive and he knew how to win. He was really a warrior from the very first beginning.

Tyson, Max and Hilary came sprinting from a corner. They were chased of what seemed to be a dozen demons. Looking carefully though you could see something else that chased them, and then you could see their fear as well. The ground shook as bolts of thunder stroke. Ray had to be close, for Max seemed to be shouting at someone to stop. "I don't want to be crisped to death!" he screamed over and over again. The three friends however did escape, climbing up to the roof of one of the houses. Ray passed them killing the demons as he went. He was cruel and merciless, but so was everyone going demon hunting. It was a bad idea after all to listen to a demon's plea for mercy.

Raya left as everyone else appeared. Kai sighed and examined the treated wound on his arm. The bandage was wrapped tightly around. He got up and whistled for the rest of his team to get down to him. Max, Tyson and Hilary jumped down before him seconds later. Ray took a bit more time arriving as he still had a few demons to toast. But while they waited they planned. They planned to stop these things once and for all.

There was a pretty quiet spot by the wall they planned to start from. Tyson lifted them all over with wind, placing them some metres away from all action were the demons were loosing. Many demons had already retreated into the forests and towards the lake. yet none of them that reached the lake ever got back. That lake had some well protecting magic shielding the village of water from harm. Whatever was in that pool of water only the demons and a certain amount of people knew.

They all split, going one by one into different directions. Kai headed south, Ray west, Max towards the Angora's cave and Tyson took the trail beside the lake, heading east. Hilary was going to follow, but ended up chasing a group of younger demons (in children's bodies) who was doing naughty things with her. Hilary had stayed and was now firing arrows with a tremendous amount of energy not liking when the demons pulled her hair and tripped her trying to get a taste of her blood. Some of them had recieved bad responses.

Tyson was running by the lake, but his concentration was somewhere else. He could swear he could hear voices, all though he was not so sure of it. He looked over his shoulder and stopped. The water was dark and sparkling like a thousand candles. Small waves rose, still there was no wind. Tyson backed as the water whirled around, figures rising from it.

"No way!" he said as a figure formed before his eyes. Whatever it was it had long hair, birght caring eyes and smiled.

"Mother!"

Zeo ducked as yet another burning ball of darkness soaredtowards him. The demon king Ettrish laughed sending yet more and more power against the turqouise haired teen. The trees wittered and died as black flames surrounded them. Cerberus stood by his master, shielding him from the worst attacks. Still so, both Zeo and Cerberus were badly worn out. Every attack they had used had been answered by three more. The demon bit beast roared as smaller demons feasted, making him howl.

Zeo struggled with his own thoughts as the bit beast retreated into his blade to heal. Now he was alone, all alone with the demon king. The smaller demons licked their lips in vain, for with a swift handmovement they had all been tossed to the ground. The demon king laughed.

"You think you do have powers, but all I can see is weakness. You are not born from a mother, thus so you remain dark. You were a creature of despair, thus so you are dark. You are not a human, you are nothing and so your darkness is sealed. However, can you control this darkness within you, or are you barely yet a lie. I see the lie... I see the worthless lie within you."

Darkness bound him to a trunk. Zeo tried to break free, trying to ignore the demon king's words.

"Even the strongest soul has a weakness. I will penatrate through your weakness, regain a new body and thus so marry the woman of light. When the light is dead we will be unchained from the world of fire and live above. We will rule this world with the ultimate darkness. We will feed upon the warm flesh and blood."

Zeo spat at the ground. "Yeah right, and it's like I or anyone else here would allow that. Like I would give my body to the likeness of you, no way. Go to hell, and may you rot there!"

The demon grinned. The people here says that we don't take shape when we leave for another body. I say, that is not true.

Zeo's eyes widened. Something slimy, something red with black horns and small wings scratched itself through the alreay dead body. Its eyes were bright shining yellow, it didn't have a forked tail as people had believed, but it has quills covering its back. Etrish smiled. he couldn't talk or harm him physically now. But that wasn't the point. Zeo surrounded his body with dark shields. Etrish smiled and attacked him, with claws and teeth. Shield after shield broke as the demon got closer and closer and closer.

'This is the end' he thought.

Somewhere in this dreadful place a wolf howled and several more responded. Daichi sighed completely exhausted from all his efforts. the worst of his department was finally over, but now other things happened. The Bladebreakers, all except for Hilary and Kenny, had gone missing. Zeo had yet not returned from his task, to kill Etrish, something he had sworn to Kim after her recovery. The others were completely gone, somehow they had vanished out of sight. He blaimed it on the search parties, they only had a few spies out.

Shi-Ma wrapped her arms around him, hugging him. Daichi hugged him back, not noticing how Raya was watching them. The red haired girl sighing looking towards the sunrise. She felt so worried. It was so weird, and so new. She had never cared about men before, but right now she was worries sick. Kai was unlike so many other people she had met. Ouside he was a cold hearted bastard, but inside he really had a soul. A bit different but still he could love.

her cheeks turned bright red thinking of the end party after the Elite Tournament. That tango, Kai had grabbed her to being challenged by Robert. That annoying aristrocrat had lost and after that... she couldn't help but to giggle.

Kai had steered her outside, towards the quiet part. Some people could be seen there. She didn't know them, but they seemed to know Kai. Thankfully they were grown up enough to mind their own business.

They hadn't said much, how many words had been needed. She didn't know when it had happened, that she started to care about him, more then she had cared about anyone else? Perhaps it was as they sat on the bench, simply enjoying each others company. Perhaps it had been when their heads had leaned towards each other. Or perhaps, it had been during...

She blushed even more making her face as red as her hair. Daichi looked up and asked if she didn't feel okay. She simply shook her head and fled. This was surely embarassing.

She walked towards a small cottage where she slept. Being the daughter of the smithy had some problems, espacially if your parents had died. They only died a few days ago, being killed by you know what. She sighed, threw herself upon a thin matress filled with hay and sand. Tears of worry streamed down her face as she finally managed to fall into a very uneasy sleep.

Water dripped from his hair. His clothes were soaked, his eyes closed and his breathing shivering. That's how Max and Ray found him returning from their quest. The two teens ran over to him, wondering what was going on.

Tyson was crying, not caring that he shivered, not caring that two of his best friends had showed up. The vision, or dream had been so clear that he wondered if it could be a trick of darkness. Still no darkness would ever be able to copy the love in his mothers eyes before she vanished, dripping into water. Silent tears streamed down his face as his friends helped him up, to take him south towards the end of their goal.

Kai caught up on them, moments later. The four teens all hurried to get down. More demons appeared, all retreating. They cut the ones they met. They were sore and tired but would not give up!

Meanwhile Zeo was saying his good byes as shield upon shiled broke. Suddenly however the attacks stopped. he opened his eyes to see that Etrish had turned his attention to someone else.

"Kim?"

The black haired girl had drawn her bow, and stared murderous at the demon. Etrish backed smiling evilly. Zeo didn't hesitate. the turqouish haired teen hurried over to the girl's side bright orbs of darkness in his hands.

"You two dare to challenge me, you don't stand a chance. Join me instead and your lives will be spared."

Zeo nodded towards Kim, who quickly understood what he meant. The last pieces from the Prophecy, the last pieces she had that controlled her fate, was falling into place. The two edged closer, their shoulders touching each other. Etrish never knew what hit him before a combinated power of light and darkness, the purifying power of the Yin and Yang hit him. There was a scream, a flash and a earsplitting explosion as one of the most feared demons exploded into nothing.

This day would not be forgotten. If not people would remember, the stones could talk about this forever until the day of all ends.

(Later that very same day)

If you could say, there is a neat way of closing this chapter, of burying a memory to the ground or to seal away something that wasn't meant to live. Kenny, Max, Tyson, Kai, Ray, Zeo, Kim, followed by five more represents from five other elements stood by the hellhole, blades out. Blade after blade left their launchers flying over the hole. Magical threads of elements connected into bars to trap these mosters for yet a few hundred years.

The battle was won, yet how they had done it no one knew. But are all problems fixed yet? I cannot say so. There is more to come, as the sun shines yet again.

TBC

To Reviewers:

Z Star The Hidden Dragon: Does everyone think I'm mean. I only sent them back home, I didn't dispose of them. Well, I could have seeing I am not the biggest fan of that team. But to be nice to everyone I just made this war come to a small end. I guess this was short and bad for being la Grand Finale. I guess I have to blame that upon myself since I did try to bring the Bladebreakers into do more. Actually, I am getting a bit too fond about Zeo and Kim.

I will also read the next chapter, I am simply in a state which means loads of school and work.

storm-of-insanity: No worries. They dayI will wonder where you have gone is the day you haven't reviewed around ten chapters. Everyone misses reviews. I do that all the time being so lazy reading. And if you loved the memories, you should see the... oops, allmost let all the fun slip. but it's a really cute part in the epilogue.

Storms-winter: Wow, first review and no critique about the St Shields. Wow, thanks! I am happy you ejoyed last chapter, sorry this was short and well, short... ah, don't know what to say today.

Kendo baby: Know how you feel. It is strange growing up sometimes. but for me, when I started Secondary high it became a decrease in hallways and classes. Still, in my school, there is no need worrying not finding your way. Just keep on walking, it takes you at least somwhere.

Fire Falcon: I'm happy for that. Hope you enjoyed and good night!

Teaser: Well, how can you say goodbye? Why did they land where they came? Wow, Kim got defeated from a challenge in the competition of her title as priestess. Who then is the next priestess and why does this one cause so much trouble? A lot more of surprises awaits next chapter.

End Notes:

Some late news. For more news of all my writing and such, I've created a livejournal account. Link at my bio.

Two Words!

Good Night!

Shitza