I need to catch up on From the Heart now. I hope you guys have liked this so far, it took me a long time to finish this chapter. End of the story of the original dragons. Woohoo. Boo. Whatever you think.

Thank you all for your reviews, 53 reviews is really awesome. And thanks for over 3000 hits! Ouch, all those hits really hurt… Don't mind me, I'm in an insane mood. :P

Enjoy Chapter 15, Dark's Defeat!

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Raimundo grinned weakly. Why hadn't he thought of it before? It had taken a while for him to realize it, but the monstrous soul inside of Kimiko was pure evil, deriving its power from the tormented and unrequited love, from the hatred burning inside of a human being. But to show love weakened it greatly and could conquer it easily. Raimundo knew what he had to do now. It was simple and easy to take care of the Heylin Kimiko.

"Don't just stand there," Kimiko snarled. "Why don't you try something on me?"

"Oh, I will all right," Raimundo said, putting on an annoyingly cheerful face. "But I bet you what I'm going to do next is going to defeat you once and for all."

"Don't bluff with me," Kimiko said angrily. "Dance of the Fire!"

Kimiko had unleashed another new attack, this time even stronger than the last. From her hand came a huge ray of fire, spreading all around Raimundo. The fiery blasts formed a wall around Raimundo, blocking any possible way for Raimundo to escape. "This will be fun," Kimiko said, her face lit by the dancing flames. She shot fireballs at Raimundo at Raimundo, who was trapped by the flames encircling him.

"There's no chance you'll escape," Kimiko whispered maliciously.

Raimundo felt the heat from the ring of fire and the streaming balls of fury heading towards him, closer and closer…

"Typhoon Boom- Wind!" Raimundo concentrated on his element. He let out a blast of wind that threw the shooting balls of fire all over the place.

"What?" Kimiko was outraged. "You little…"

"Little what?" Raimundo asked derisively. He was still very weak from his encounter and although the wound in his stomach had mostly stopped bleeding, the pain was as immense as ever.

"Save your breath. Because I'm about to unleash the strongest fire attack ever known in history," Kimiko said, seemingly forgetting about the rudeness of Raimundo. She raised her hands slowly and did a kind of careful-moving dance. Raimundo laughed weakly at the ridiculousness of this fire attack.

"Oh, yeah. Dancing. I can do that too, if you want me to," Raimundo said.

"Fire Explosion!" Kimiko yelled, oblivious to Raimundo's taunting.

"Say what?" Raimundo asked with concern as the wall of fire flew at him with full speed and the ceiling collapsed, revealing a great flash of light. He winced as the fire began swirling as if there was an unseen force holding it.

Suddenly, the full strength of the attack came. There was an explosion and a light brighter than a hundred stars clashing together and the heat became so intense that everything around Raimundo was ripped into pieces. Raimundo felt as if he couldn't breath because of it and he tried to speak but his voice was muffled. Kimiko stayed in the air, watching in pleasure as Raimundo suffered in the tormenting heat.

"Don't…Kim…" slowly Raimundo's face began turning white, even with the livid colors of flame surrounding him. He summoned a wind, which lifted him up to Kimiko. Kimiko looked surprised to see that he was still alive in the horrible heat and the flames that covered nearly the entire area. "What do you want?" She sneered at him.

"I want to get through…to you…" Raimundo said, his vision blurring. "Stop it…"

"You fool," Kimiko said. She slapped him with such force that he slammed into the succumbing rock wall. It broke and Raimundo had to work extremely hard to get out of the way. He walked to Kimiko on unstable and floating rock pieces, working his way to her slowly.

"Kim…" he could barely stand. He felt his clothes burn, he felt the infernal heat that was getting stronger and stronger… but he continued walking. He would never, ever give up on Kimiko.

"Get away!" Kimiko cried, about to attack, but Raimundo acted quickly. He knew this was his last chance to get through to her, to save Kimiko… he kissed her.

For a moment Kimiko stood stock-still, shocked. Then she gave a terrible moan and screamed a few times before she fainted on the rock. The spirit was gone and Kimiko free. Raimundo smiled weakly and fell to the ground. Everything was going dark…

"It's time for the four monks to disintegrate," Chase said as he paced at the top of the rock formation.

Raimundo had no strength left to stop him.

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Omi was wary. Master Fung's story had taken an hour or so and during some of it even Omi could not help but yawn, but he was excited about the last part. What would happen to Dark? Would the four warriors defeat Dark or die in the attempt? This was fascinating to him and he was eager to hear the last part of the story of the four warriors. He glanced over at Clay, and Clay seemed equally enthusiastic.

"Master Fung, please continue!" Omi yelled.

"All right, Omi. No need to speak so loudly," Master Fung said, smiling.

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Celestia was the first to act. "Dark, you will pay!" She took out an arrow and shot at the warrior Dark, who smiled and raised a hand. The arrow immediately crumbled the moment it came in contact with Dark Young, and he shrugged as if nothing had happened. "You might want to try a lot harder."

"What?" Celestia's face showed nothing short of disbelief. The other warriors were staring in amazement as well at Dark's power. "Why…how…"

Aki instantly moved into action. He took his halberd and aimed it perfectly at Dark with the power of water. Dark did not look alarmed; rather, he smiled. "Is this the best you can do, warrior of the Xiaolin forces?"

The halberd hit Dark with tremendous force and trapped him inside a bubble surrounded by an extravaganza of water. It looked as if Dark Young had been defeated after all. But then Dark unexpectedly slashed at the water, which he absorbed into his metal-armored hand. "Thank you for giving me that power," he said in a pleasant tone that angered Aki and all the other warriors even more.

"Damn it," Iaki said angrily. He charged directly at Dark with his claws. "Iaki, don't do that, you'll get hurt!" Celestia cried in desperation.

Iaki didn't listen. He lunged on with all his strength and slashed Dark's armor in rage. The armor fell off, revealing a long white cloak that looked as if it had never been touched by any dust. Dark smiled and hit Iaki smack in the face. Iaki saw the blood fall out of his face and felt a great pain, collapsing onto the ground.

Eienko stood still while Celestia rushed to Iaki and helped him get his wound healed. He looked at Dark straight in the face, trying to remember everything about his younger brother. He wondered… how had Dark Young gotten so powerful?

"Brother… release us before it is too late," Eienko commanded firmly.

"You fool, I'm not going to obey you," Dark said, for the first time sounding a little annoyed and irritated, almost angry.

"Then I have no choice," Eienko said. He pulled out a small object, an orb. "Orb of Light, destroy the dark!"

Suddenly a light flashed and nobody could see anything for a few seconds. Aki could hear the screams of Dark, a horrible sound that grew louder and louder with the equally loud shouts of Eienko. Then everything returned to normal, and the darkness that Dark had caused disappeared.

"Did you do it?" Iaki said, lifting a weak head.

"No," Eienko said. "Look."

Dark was covered in that same light, glowing and floating around him. He was struggling, but suddenly the light disappeared and Dark laughed in the wicked way of his. He looked as though he were very tired and wary, though.

With a great force, Dark unleashed his anger on Aki with a brilliant bolt of black and blue lightning, hitting Aki so quickly it was almost impossible to see except for a momentary light. Suddenly, Aki was writhing in pain and his chest was bleeding horribly. "No!" Iaki called, running to aid his fellow warrior.

Eienko shook his head in sadness. "Please, my brother Dark, don't do this. If you continue… I'll have to kill you in the end."

"You? Kill me? Haven't you realized how powerful I have become? That orb that you possess may be able to trap me, but there is not nearly enough power in that alone to stop me, for the orb contains the purity inside you heart. There is too much darkness to overcome, you fool of an older brother…" Dark laughed cruelly.

"The we'll try again," Celestia said quietly. She took a bow and, concentrating on putting all her strength in the arrow she held in her hands, shot an arrow with glowing fire that had never been seen before. The arrow hit Dark directly in the chest, causing him to bleed. Celestia smiled warily and fell to the ground, without any more energy left.

Dark gave her a look of pure hatred and threw the powerless arrow onto her weak arm, which immediately bled. Celestia opened her eyes and attempted to get up.

"Celesta!" Iaki ran to her, even though he was wounded. He cried over her still body and looked Eienko in the eye. Eienko nodded and Aki smiled weakly.

Dark apparently realized what their plan was, and struck Iaki with the same bolt of dark lightning. Iaki cried in pain, clutching the arm that he had been hit in. He struggled to move, blood flowing out of his mouth. He was paralyzed.

Celestia managed to move after a few minutes, some energy regained as she slowly crawled to Eienko. Eienko, Celestia, Aki and Iaki, using all their strength, touched the orb together, knowing what they had to do.

"Orb of Purity!" They shouted together, focusing the last piece of energy on light and pure energy, which streamed into the orb and shot out as a light much more magnificent that before, endlessly spreading across the entire world with its strength.

Dark tried to destroy it using his dark powers, but all four of the warriors held on and kept fighting with the strength from within. The battle raged between light and dark for hours and hours, and then a flash of all colors appeared in the way an aurora did.

Aki was weak, his body strewn with blood from the horrid battle. He did not move anymore and closed his eyes, wondering if he was going to die. He let rest take him over and died, slowly but bravely as a warrior who saved the entire world, his body slumped on the ground with an eminence of calmness.

Celestia found herself awake in a light that never grew brighter and never dimmed. She smiled as she felt the cool breeze overtake her and felt that she could move slowly. Celestia walked carefully as she saw that there was once again grass in a land that had been desert for as long as history itself.

Iaki awoke too, bloody and without strength. He smiled weakly as Celestia walked over to him, crying loud sobs. With all that was left of his strength, he kissed her. "I love you. I want you to know that, before I die." He smiled as she kissed him back, looking at the bright light all around him. It grew dimmer and dimmer until it went out completely. Iaki died there, right in Celestia's bloody arms.

Eienko sat in peace as he looked at the ruins of his village. It had been completely destroyed, like many of the other areas that Dark had conquered, but he smiled, knowing that he had helped to save the rest of the world. There were always survivors, no matter how horrible the force that destroyed many people. He knew that, and he wanted to help them. He saw the body of Aki and walked to it, falling at his knees to honor him. He had died bravely in battle, and this deed would be remembered for as long as humankind existed. He was sure of that. He went over to the place where Celestia was crying glowing tears of sorrow and regret over Iaki. Eienko smiled understandingly and gave her a comforting nod. It was over now. He and Celestia both gave each other the faintest of smiles, smiles that contained no happiness and only reassurance.

The war might have been over, but the results were deadly. Many people had been murdered under Dark's evil reign, and in the end Dark himself was found dead. Celestia and Eienko were never very happy people again, feeling the pain many people often do when they are alive and their friends and comrades, who had helped them more than any other person possible, died while they survived. They were friends and had good times, but it was never like before. War did that to people; it could rip a person to shreds at acknowledging the fact that people they cared about were dead.

They stayed together for a while, and then separated and walked their own ways. They were no longer young, no longer whole. Celestia died on the exact same day that Eienko did. Perhaps the bond between them was so strong that they knew they had to die together, as Aki and Iaki did that day twenty-five years ago.

Although they had destroyed Dark, lurking around was Dark's child Chase, whom Dark had thrown away as soon as he decided to reign over the world. Chase smiled, ready to do the same his father had done long ago. He was no longer young, and he was ready to become immortal. To do what he needed to do to take over the world.

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Oh, my God. That gave me a real headache writing. I hope you all enjoyed it and please review.