A/N: Here's chapter five! Please review and let me know what you think! Thanks, guys!

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The Final Piece
Chapter Five

"Don't you get it, Himeno? You and your family…you did this to me. It was your fault. No one wanted me around. I felt like I was nothing more than everyone's burden. You were supposed to be my friend, but even you were wary of me. Even you wanted me out of your life…" She paused. "No one wanted me around. You have no idea how much that hurts, do you, Himeno? And you were my friend!" she screamed at her. "I accepted my feelings, and it gave me this power."

"You were in love with my father, Yayoi! Of course I was wary of you…and obviously with good reason! Why would you allow this to happen to yourself? Why would you allow it to continue? Hurting my family and me will not make your pain go away. I'm sorry we upset you, but doing this will not solve your problem."

"Of course it won't!" she yelled. "I'm not trying to solve my problem, Himeno. I am going to show you what it feels like…"

Himeno blinked. "What it feels like?" she repeated.

"What it feels like to give up, Himeno. What it feels like to be the one who doesn't fit in anywhere…to be pushed out by everyone." She said quickly.

"I've been there, Yayoi. I can try to help you…" Himeno offered.

"I don't want your help. I am not going to kill you, Himeno. Not yet, anyway. I am going to make sure you feel the pain I feel first…"

"Yayoi…you…" Himeno began.

She laughed. "Your family is going to die, Himeno…"

Himeno felt as if she had been suddenly punched in the stomach. She gasped, trying to catch her breath, but none would come. She suddenly felt as if her entire world had crumbled beneath her feet, and she had no idea what she was supposed to do about it. It was as if she was suddenly completely powerless.

She took several steps back. "You…you…you didn't? What did you do?" she screamed.

Kei gasped, bringing his hand to his mouth in an effort to quiet himself.

"Can we help her yet?" Goh frowned.

"Do not move. Yayoi has not attacked yet. There is something else. More to the story, I think… " Kei whispered.

"Where are they?" Himeno choked.

There was a series of thuds, and Himeno screamed.

"Kei, damn it!" Goh screamed.

Himeno stared at what Yayoi had dropped in front of her. It was the bodies of her sisters, her stepmother, and her father. She rushed to them. They were not dead, but they did not respond to her, either.

"Dad?" Himeno whispered. "Wake up…"

She stood, anger shining in her eyes, and took several threatening steps forward.

"I don't think so, Himeno." Yayoi smirked. "Or haven't you realized it yet? This puzzle is missing a piece. Care to speculate…or should I just tell you who it is?" She paused, glaring at Himeno before she continued. "Come on, Himeno…it is not that hard to figure out…"

"Hayate!" gasped Kei in sudden realization.

"What about Hayate?" frowned Goh.

"We have to get down there now! We have to go before something bad happens! I think that she has Hayate, Goh!" Kei announced.

Kei and Goh jumped out from the shadows, and Himeno gasped in surprise.

"What are you doing here?" she demanded. "I didn't want anyone to follow! That's why I didn't say anything! I didn't want you here! I didn't want you to get hurt! You weren't supposed to follow me!" she yelled at them.

Kei nodded. "We followed anyway. We didn't know what was going on, so we thought it would be the wise thing to do."

"Well, it wasn't." smirked Yayoi. "Game over!"

"No!" screamed Himeno, reaching for Goh's outstretched hand. Within seconds, she stood between Yayoi and the bodies of her family. "Don't hurt them!" she snarled.

"Okay, Himeno, you know what to do. I don't know if we can beat her, but we can at least scare her away for now. Does that work?" It was Goh's voice, echoing inside her head.

"I know. I thought as much…" Himeno whispered.

Yayoi began to laugh. "You are an idiot, aren't you, Himeno?" she smirked. "Did you think I was honestly going to stick around? You were wrong! I have far better things to do with my time. Things to do, people to see…you know…" she grinned.

"You will not touch him!" screamed Himeno. "You can't get to him, anyway! Someone like you could never get to Leafenia!" she snapped.

"Who said I was going to try?" she laughed. "Don't you see? I won't have to go anywhere. He'll come to you."

"What the hell is she talking about, Himeno? Is she talking about Hayate? Kei seemed worried about him…"

"Be quiet, Kei." Himeno snapped in warning. She looked at Yayoi again. "He will not fall into your stupid little trap, Yayoi. You need to stop this. If any of my family dies, I would never forgive you. I would make you pay…"

"What are you talking about, Himeno?" Yayoi snapped. "Never forgive me?" She repeated. "You would never forgive yourself! You know that is the truth! The guilt alone would kill you, wouldn't it?"

"You are done talking!" announced Kei, sending a ball of energy at Yayoi. He landed next to Himeno and brushed a stray piece of hair out of his eyes. "Are you all right, Himeno?"

"Nothing has happened yet, Kei. I'm all right. My family, though…" she frowned.

"I can give them a little leafe…" Kei nodded.

Yayoi laughed and dodged Kei's energy ball easily. "Unless I get what I want, Himeno, Hayate is next. I hope you understand that…"

"What do you want, Yayoi? I don't understand why you insist on doing this!" Himeno frowned.

"You." Yayoi answered simply. "I don't want your leafe. I want you to suffer like I have done."

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A/N: Yes, another short one, but as you can see, it was for good reason. Please review and let me know what you think! I hope you liked it! Sorry it was short, but I couldn't help it. LoL.