Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or it's characters. I do own Angela.

AN: I suggest to listen to Evanescence "Bring Me To Life" and Crossfade "Colors".

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/Flashbacks/

/Visions/Dreams/

Chapter Twenty One

Touya sliced through several zombies with his ice sword when there was a terrible scream. Almost instantly the zombies around him started screaming. Everyone in the back were astonished and happy to see the zombies disolve. "Yes! They did it!" he shouted.

Yusuke heard him. "Remember everyone. Be ready in case the seal weakens or breaks," he warned. He silently hoped that it wouldn't, considering what it would mean.

Suddenly a chilling screech filled the air. Yusuke caught sight of Kurama in demon form, for an instant they shared a terrified glance. -It can't be! Please let Angela be alright,- Kurama prayed. To what god he did not know or care, as long as they insured Angela's health and life.

A red glow streaked over their heads to the Darkness. The glow was quickly absorbed, and the Darkness surged higher and wider. "YES! THE SEAL IS ALMOST BROKEN! THE ANGEL WON'T LIVE LONG AND THEN THE SEAL WILL BE COMPLETELY BROKEN AND YOU PATHEITC FOOLS WILL KNOW ONLY PAIN AND TERROR FOREVER MORE!" it boomed.

"I don't think so you bastard!" Yusuke yelled, fighting the shadow creatures harder. He had been put on the back lines since he only had three spirit bullets. They were saving him for last, like a trump card.

Kurama pulled various seeds out of his hair and threw them at the Darkness. He then used his power to make them grow. Vines started to spread over a part of the Darkness. Several others blasted simultaneously one area. All around, the fighters stepped up their onslaught. Several minutes later Mukuro and Kuwabara joined the battle. Mukuro took the front and Kuwabara joined Yusuke in the back.

"Well!" Yusuke yelled as he punched through a shadow creature. "What about Angela!"

Kuwabara shook his head. "I don't know, she wasn't moving when we left," he yelled back as he started to slash through the monsters.

Mukuro took her place beside Yomi. "We killed the zombie queen," she said, starting to slice the space around the Darkness. However it would reassemble after being sliced. It at least gave the fighters time to attack the various areas that had been severed and cause great damage. "However, I don't know what's happened to Angela. We need her alive to win."

Sensui, overhearing, looked to Itsuki. "Mr. Itsuki, go and check on them."

Itsuki nodded, "Just don't die Shinobu," he said.

Sensui shook his head. "I've been given a second life, and I intend to make the best of it." Itsuki nodded again and disappeared into a hole that appeared behind him.

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Hiei held Angela gently. He didn't want to risk moving her, so they had stayed in the garden. No shadow creatures had bothered to attack them, they were all fighting the others. Every now and then Hiei would gently shake her to keep her awake. "Don't fall asleep on me! Don't you dare!" he would whisper.

Suddenly a dimensional hole appeared in front of them. Itsuki stepped out. "I'm here to check on you and take you to the healers," he said. "Come with me."

Hiei, not really trusting him, but willing to take the risk if it meant getting help for Angela, nodded and gently carried Angela into the space on the other side of the hole.

Angela started to whimper. Hiei gently laid her down, as Itsuki closed the hole. "Hiei...please forgive me...I can't hold on any longer..." she whispered, reaching up again to touch Hiei's face.

Hiei looked deep into her eyes. "Please, don't leave me...I...I...I love you," he whispered, leaning down to kiss her.

She smiled. -I'd die for you Hiei. You must know that. I'd do anything for you. I have to do this...-

As Hiei leaned back, he saw that her eyes were closed. "No! Don't go! Please Angela!" he pleaded, shaking her.

Suddenly a light surrounded her. She slowly started to float away from him.

Itsuki gasped. "She's taking us to the battle field! I can't stop her."

"What's happening!" Hiei asked. -Please! She can't be dead!- he thought as a hole opened up to the battle field.

The light that was Angela led Hiei and Itsuki out of the alternate space. "Angela! Come back!" Hiei called.

Suddenly the light around Angela flashed brightly then she flew quickly to the Darkness. Everyone saw her.

Yusuke cried out, "Angela!"

Kurama yelled, "No!"

Kuwabara shouted, "It can't be!"

When everyone thought she was going to be absorbed, she stopped in front of the Darkness.

The light around her slowly dimmed, showing Angela with long silver hair, great silver wings and dressed in a green flowing dress. All of her scars were gone and she looked completely healthy. The Darkness reached out to her but a light flashed and the tentecles were incinerated.

The Darkness screeched, "WHAT IS THIS! WHY CAN I NOT ABSORB HER!"

"Angela!" Hiei yelled, shoving his way to the front.

She looked at him, eyes shining. "I must do this, for you and everyone."

Suddenly everyone found them selves being lifted into the sky surrounded by large bubble-like shields. Hiei banged his fists against the shield, but he could not break through. "Angela!" he screamed.

Angela looked to the stars. "Help me," she pleaded. The stars flashed brightly. Angela felt power swell with in her. She closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them her eyes glowed silver. She started to gather spirit power into her palms. She flew around the Darkness and when the power had gathered to the size of a basket ball she blasted the balls at the Darkness. It screeched at her and lashed out. This time the tentecles weren't incinerated. It slashed her across the left shoulder. She winced but continued to gather power and blast it at the Darkness. She flew over it and saw the vines that Kurama had started to grow. She blasted an earth energy ball at them, empowering it to grow on their own. Rapidly the vines grew all over the Darkness. They started to hold the Darkness down but with a scream it broke free. Again it lashed at Angela. She tried to dodge but it caught her on the tip of her wing. She wobbled in the air for a moment.

A moment in which Hiei nearly choked with dread. "Angela! Come back! Let us handle it! Please!" Hiei yelled.

Yusuke joined him. "You don't have to do this! We can take care of it! Come back!"

Angela shook her head. She gathered a super fire ball and threw it at the Darkness. Hiei, Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara, Star and the DT gang watched her battle and blast the Darkness with their hearts in their throats. Again Hiei tried to break through the shields, his friends helping him. It was no use.

Hiei looked up from where he was punching the shield wall when he heard a lull in the battle. What he saw made his heart wrench painfully. Angela hovered above the Darkness, bloody from several wounds all over her body.

She stared at Hiei. "I love you," she mouthed. Then she spread her arms wide and looked up at the stars. Above her formed a large circle with a five point star in it. At each point of the star formed a large energy ball, one for each element.

"NO!" Hiei yelled, he remembered what Koenma had said about calling on all of the elements at once.

Angela again stared at him, love and happiness in her eyes. She looked up at the pentacle. Suddenly a bright thick rainbow of light shot down from the heavens, engulfing Angela and shooting down to the Darkness, where it widened and engulfed it too.

The Darkness screamed. "NOOOO! I WON'T GIVE UP! I'LL COME BACK! AND NO ANGELS WILL BE THERE TO PROTECT THESE WORLDS!" A hole formed in the light above the Darkness and it was sucked into the hole, screaming. All of the shadow creatures in all of the worlds joined in the scream as they too were sucked in.

The light beam slowly faded, showing Angela floating in the sky without her wings and her hair back to ash blonde. The shields filled with the fighters floated to the ground where they disolved. Hiei instantly used his speed to catch Angela as she floated to the ground.

Hiei held her gently as she fell in his arms. Like before, her eyes were closed and she was cold and still. She was hardly breathing. "Angela? Angela? Please wake up. Don't die on me. Please!" he cried, shaking her gently.

She opened her eyes, they were green again, and they looked tired but happy. "I can't stay with you. I have to stay with the Darkness and keep it sealed with my soul. It's the only way. You must realize that I'll do anything for you. For you and everyone. If this is what it takes to keep you safe, then I must, and will gladly, do this," she said softly.

Hiei shook his head. "There must be some other way. Please!" he cried as he held her to him, rocking her.

Everyone that looked on felt their heart break for Hiei and Angela. Even Sensui and Itsuki. -Koenma was right. The worlds must be worth saving if this girl will gladly give her life to protect them. That lady was right, the worlds need this girl.- Sensui thought about what he had told Itsuki. -What better way to make the best of a life than to sacrifice it for others.-

He walked up to Hiei, who held the dying last Angel. "What if another soul stayed to seal it?" he asked.

Angela looked weakly at him. "The soul would have to be equal to mine in power, and I don't mean to be rude, but none of you possess that power yet." She laughed weakly.

Sensui looked to Itsuki, who nodded, knowing what he was thinking. "What if two of us combined our powers and souls?" Sensui asked, indicating Itsuki and himself.

Angela's eyes took on a sad look. "I don't want anyone to die."

Sensui smiled. "I've been given a second life and I want to make the best of it. Willingly sacrificing it for others is one of the greatest things I can do with it. The greatest thing you can do with yours, however, is to live and continue the line of the Angels. Please, let us do this."

Hiei held Angela tightly but gently. "Please, let them do it. Stay with me. Stay with me Angela. I need you," Hiei pleaded, crying.

Angela thought about it. "Only if you are sure you want to do this. You must give your life willingly and freely." Sensui and Itsuki nodded. "Then walk into the portal," she said, pointing to the portal that had sucked up the Darkness. Inside was a light of many colors.

Sensui and Itsuke looked at each other and smiled. -I will gladly go anywhere with you, Shinobu.- Itsuki thought.

-Now I can truely atone for my sins.- Sensui thought as he and Itsuki entered the portal. There was a blinding flash of light. When it died the portal was gone.

Hiei looked to Angela. Again a bright light encircled her, then faded into her. "No! What's happening? Angela?" he called to her, she was very still. Hiei feared that she had died. -No...Mukuro warned me...She told me to take the chance or I might miss it forever...And I have...- He hung his head and cried.

As he held her tightly to his chest he heard a moan. Angela stirred in his arms. Hiei held her a little away from him, looking at her. She opened her eyes. They shown brightly. "Hiei..." she whispered.

Hiei held her gently, smiling and laughing in relief and happiness. "Angela, you came back to me," he breathed, in tears.

"Yes, with my whole heart and life. When the Darkness was sealed, my life that it had stolen returned." She saw his tears. "I didn't mean to make you cry. I'm sorry."

Hiei shook his head. "No. I'm sorry." She looked at him quizzicaly. Hiei smiled. "I'm sorry I never told you earlier. And I almost lost my chance and you forever. So I'll say it now." He held her close. "I love you and I want you to be my wife."

Angela smiled. "I love you and I want to be your wife."

Hiei leaned down and kissed her deeply. Everyone cheered. Yusuke and Kurama knelt beside them, while Kuwabara clapped Hiei on the shoulder. "It's about time Shrimp," he said, using his nickname fondly.

"Yeah, I was about to give you the 'kick in the ass' method to get you motivated," Yusuke said.

Kurama laughed as he hugged Angela gently. "I thought we had lost you again. I'm so happy that you survived." He looked to Hiei. "I'm happy for the both of you. Keep her safe, Hiei. And congratulations."

Yusuke looked at Kurama. "Man, you aren't very articulate when you're emotional." He laughed, Kurama joining him. The DT gang swarmed around them, shouting congratulations, cheers, and happiness that Angela was alright.

Star pushed through them and hugged Angela gently, crying. "I thought I almost lost you. You're like a sister to me."

Angela smiled. "And you me. Come with us, to Japan. It will be alright. You can meet the rest of my family." The men around her smiled. "Besides, Hiei will have at least four grooms men and I'll have only three brides maids, unless you come."

Star smiled. "That would be nice. But maybe I should have taken japanese in college."

Angela smiled in turn, "Oh we have gadgets to fix that problem."

Hiei saw Mukuro sneak away from the crowd. He gently put Angela down and followed her. "Mukuro, I've been meaning to ask you. What did you think of me?" he asked quietly.

Mukuro turned to him. "At first a lover. Then after awhile, just a friend. Seeing you now, happy. I realize that I think of you more now as a brother or a son." She turned away again. "What did you think of me?"

Hiei thought about it. "I'm not sure. Maybe I thought about you the same way you thought about me."

Mukuro nodded, then she yelled over her shoulder. "Border patrol! Time to take these humans back to safety!" She walked to the house, closely followed by Yomi and all of the demons, with the exception of the DT gang. The humans also went with Mukuro and the others, leaving Hiei, Angela, Yusuke, Kurama, Kuwabara, Star and the DT gang.

They stayed there until Angela could move again. When she could move again, she stood up, Hiei holding her waist, and she looked at the stars. "My family helped me. Like Guardian Angels, they gave me their power to defeat the darkness." She cried gently. "Thank you."

Hiei leaned over and kissed her. "They'll always be here for you, as will I and the rest of us."

She smiled at him. "I know." She looked at everyone. "I think it's about time we head home. But after we get the other psychics home." They nodded.