Her Fate

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone from ADJL; I only own those who I make up.

Rating: PG-13

AN: I know this was supposed to be up two days ago but people over here were making that very difficult to do. Here it is anyway. Late, yes, but still here.

The Final Battle

He spun his staff around and before she could do anything, he zapped her with his staff. She flew back, falling into a large pile of metal poles.

The fall caused her to lose hold of her staff but it didn't look like the Huntsmaster, whom was charging towards her, was willing to let her look for it. Thinking fast she grabbed one of the smaller poles and made it to her feet.

She took tighter hold of the pole and rammed it into his stomach, thinking that would be the end of that. Unfortunately for her, the pole wasn't sharp enough.

The Huntsmaster groaned in pain, dropping his own staff and ripped the object from Rose's hands.

He moved to back hand her but she caught his hand right before it touched her and twisted around his back and kicked him, with her heel, in the middle of his back.

He lurched forward, but with her tight grasp on his wrist he didn't far. She pulled back towards her and rammed her knee painfully into his gut.

He wrenched his wrist out of her grasp and swept her of her feet with his foot, making her fall hard on her back. He got on top of her and wrapped his hands around her neck, squeezing tightly.

She lifted her leg so her foot was on his stomach and kicked him forward. Instead of him letting go, though, she only flipped them so she was on top. She wrapped her own hands around his neck, choking him.

The door opened and the fire burst through, igniting the walls. Rose kneed the Huntsmaster in the groin, causing his hands to loosen considerably. Using his pain to her advantage she pushed away from him, stood up and kicked his face.

He stood up, still in a large amount of pain. She jumped up and kicked him in his chest, knocking him into a wall where the fire took to him.

He screamed in pain as the fire scorched his blackening skin. The smell of burnt flesh was enough for Rose to almost vomit. She had to get out…

She coughed; the smoke was getting too bad. It was filling her lungs; she fell to her knees in the middle of the room.

The Huntsman had fallen, the fire burning his dead body, an early cremation. That in itself was almost worth the state she was in.

She crawled as far as she could to the door before she passed out.

That's how Jake found her after he burst through the unstable roof.

FLASH

It had been two whole months since that day. The Dragon Council came and took Su and Shing away. And one month since Chang was kicked off the council and she and her grandkids got thrown in prison.

The human police still didn't understand what had happened in the old warehouse, but they were assuming it had to do with some sort of cult.

As it turned out, Miss Ruby had felt her demise coming and wrote in her will that Miss Ruby's School of Defense would go to the one person she felt would take care of her work… Rose.

The door to Lao Shi's shop opened, and Rita came inside. They hadn't seen her since that night.

"Rita!" Rose exclaimed.

Rita looked at her. "Connor."

"Um… I'm sorry about your sister."

Rita shook her head. "Don't lie. I know you aren't."

"Where've you been?" Jake asked.

"Here and there. Actually I'll be gone for a while, moving to L.A. Have a job offer I can't pass up." She smirked.

"Don't think we even wanna know." Trixie stated.

"Have fun." Spud told her.

"Here's my card, Connor, in case you ever need anything." She told her. "A protector's work is never done the way I hear it."

Rose smiled as she took the card, "I'll definitely call you."

Rita nodded and walked out of the shop.

"Oh! That reminds me! I gotta get goin'! I'm late!" Gracie exclaimed.

"For what?" Rose asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Sorry, I couldn't wait anymore." Brad said as he walked through the shop door.

Everyone's eyes widened as Gracie smiled sheepishly. "I got a date." She turned to Brad and kissed him. "I'm sorry, Bradster."

"Eh, it's all good, Graceful." He said with a smile as the two walked out.

Rose's mouth practically dropped. "No way." She turned to Jake grabbed the collar of his shirt and brought him down to her level and slammed her lips to his.

After the first few seconds of being shocked he closed his eyes and deepened the kiss.

Lao Shi and Fu walked in from the back, "Whoa! What's goin' on here?" Fu asked slyly as Lao Shi quicklypulled Fuback into the back room without saying a singleword, shaking his head.

Both Trixie and Spud were speechless and wide eyed as they watched the two.

"Not that I'm complainin' or nothin'but what was that all about?" Jake asked breathlessly as the two broke apart.

Rose looked at him taking deep breaths, "Well, I'm sorry I couldn't wait for you, Jake, but you are definitely taking way too long when my cousin is getting farther than me."

Jake laughed and pulled her to him for another kiss.

"FINALLY!"

The two broke apart at Spud's outburst. Even Trixie stared at her boyfriend.

"What? I told you I was getting impatient with you."

That's it. That's the end; I hope you liked it because it's done. Yes, Iknow it's short but there wasn't much else to be told andI didn't do so much with the council because I don't know their names other than Chang, besidesthat part wasn't really important. Please review and look out for my next story, Mercy, it's another Jake Long.