Wow! I'm almost done! I can't decide if this chapter will end it, or if I'll have another one coming! We'll just have to wait and see.

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Kurama blinked sleepily up at Midnight, his green eye slightly dull as he tried to take in exactly what he was seeing. Midnight smiled at him, her dark blue hair falling around her like a curtain.

A fleeting thought of 'She's beautiful' went through Kurama's mind before he focused on her.

"Midnight!" He exclaimed. "You're awake!"

The dragon grinned at him. "Yes, it seems I am." She said slowly, trying to get her bearings.

Midnight sat on the edge of the stage in her home room tuning her guitar. It'd been a month since the incident, and life was back to same old same old. Which at the moment was good enough for Midnight.

She glanced up at Kurama who was beating Mr. Ingle pretty badly at poker. "Hey, Fox!" She called softly. Kurama's green eyes meet her own. Midnight waved him over.

"Don't tell me you've forgotten how to tune your guitar." He teased as he approached the dragon mix breed-. Midnight's wolf ears flicked slightly in amusement. Out of many things she could forget, her guitar and anything about it wasn't one of them.

As soon as he was close enough, Midnight just hugged him tightly. "Just felt like doing that." She said resting her head against his shoulder. Kurama chuckled slightly, returning Midnight's hug.

"I'm not complaining." He murmured. Midnight laughed, shaking her head slightly.

"Hey love birds, not in school!" Came from a random person in the class room. Midnight flipped whoever it was off behind Kurama's back, but did disentangle herself from him.

"You know, life seems kinda boring now." She said, sitting down again on the makeshift stage and picking up the guitar. Kurama sat down beside her, with a thoughtful look. "I mean after being kidnapped and having to go through all that jazz, it's just like we're sitting around doing nothing. I need action, movement, the unexpected!" She gave a frustrated growl.

Kurama laughed, putting an arm around her shoulders. "I'm sure something will come up soon enough. Nothing stays calm forever."

"Be careful what you wish for." Kat said as she slammed her was through the door. She skidded to a stop in front of Midnight and Kurama. Hiei followed her, but at a slightly slower pace. "We, have a problem." Kat said, flipping her hair over her shoulder calmly.

Midnight frowned. "What's up kitty kat?" She asked. Kat didn't flip her hair normally. Only when she was trying to stay calm in a bad situation. Which this could very well be. And if Kat let Midnight off with calling her 'kitty kat' it was defiantly something big.

Kat pulled her hair into a low ponytail, messing with the ends of it as she managed to catch her breath. Hiei came up behind her, wrapping his arms easily over her shoulders. "Your kidnappers are back." He told Midnight simply. The blank look on her face might have fooled some people into believing that this fact didn't bother her. But the fact that her usually somewhat dark completion was extremely pale, and the fine tremor now running through her gave away just how shaken she was. Inside, Midnight had known that the bastards weren't gone for good, but how she'd wanted to believe it. Or at least not accept the fact that they would probably come back for her so soon. Her mind was boarding on the edge of nervous breakdown, or a panic attack maybe.

Kat frowned. "Midnight?" She asked cautiously.

"Where are they?" The girl asked sharply, her eyes going stony and very, very cold.

Kat cocked her head to the side confused, while Hiei replied, "Out front of the building."

"Why'd you want to know?" Kat asked.

Midnight gave a very evil smile that wasn't really her own, but promised danger and destruction. "I have a score to settle with them." She said simply, before walking out of the classroom with out a backwards glance, ignoring anything anyone said to her. Now she had one thing on her mind: kill. And that's exactly what she planned to do.

Meanwhile in the class room, Kat was stuttering. "She doesn't mean… She's not going to…. We can't let her…. Oh my God." She started to blot after Midnight, but Hiei held her back.

"You can go for moral support." He said, holding her close. "But this is one battle your friend really must fight on her own." Kat made a small sound of annoyance, but relaxed against Hiei. The fire apparition waited for a moment, before loosening his grip, taking Kat's hand and leading her towards the front of the school. Kurama had disappeared sometime when Hiei had been talking to Kat. Now he stood about ten yards behind Midnight and the two demons from the tournament. Majority of the rest of the school was out there also including Yuskue, Keiko, Yukina, Botan, Keely, Josh, Nightmare, Dusk, Dawn and Dream . But everyone was giving Midnight a wide mirth. Her anger and tension was turning into an energy like substance that was emitting off of her in waves, and Kat couldn't blame anyone for not wanting to be the first to get touched by one of them as she watched. She caught the end of Midnight's apparent speech that everyone was listening to.

"Fucking assholes! The shit you gave me, threatened to kill my friends, and. And dammit, you tried to fucking break me down! Well guess the hell what?" Midnight waved a hand in front of her to create a sword made of flames. "You have no right to be here, so…" She trailed off. "I think you're going to die today." She said, her body shifting into a fighting stance.

The bad guy with the cape laughed. Midnight cringed. "My pet, my pet. You couldn't kill me before, I don't think you can now." He took a brave step towards her, stopping just outside the radius she had created.

"I ain't nobody's damn pet." Midnight growled out, before charging head on into battle.

Kurama watched with worried eyes as Midnight clashed swords with her former captor. He had the advantage of height, and skill with a weapon. But Midnight was spurred on by anger, and the need to avenge. That was getting Midnight somewhere, but she wasn't at her best. Koji seemed to be taking the lead.

Kasai was standing where he had been left like a good little servant fox, but he was tense. Ready to fight at the first sign of his master's lose. Even he could see that Midnight had a reason to fight. Koji looked like he had some sort of advantage right now, but form the view of someone who had seen the man fight a great many times, it was easy to see that Koji was going down hill, and fast. 'In a sense,' Kasai thought. 'we're lucky she's so angry. Any calmer, and she would probably be in the right mind to prolong death. This way, it will be quick.' This thought was running through his mind as Koji's body slammed to the ground, headless, seeping blood. The head fell a few feet away, a horrified expression on its hideous face. He had known he was going to die, about two seconds before he did. Two seconds too late.

Midnight landed lightly on the ground, her hair hanging around her limply, her body covered in various scraps and bruises, her wings tucked tightly against her back, but her eyes burning with a fire. Kasai saw the look in her eye and bowed his head to her. "You defeated us." He said simply. "But please, before you kill me, wouldn't you like to know why my master wanted you so badly as his pet."

Midnight paused, considering. She hadn't raised to weapon yet, so why not? "Tell me." She demanded.

Kasai nodded. "Very well. You are rare. Half wolf, half dragon, you just don't find everyday. My master was somewhat of a…. collector. Rare artifacts, paintings, creatures. But you were the first creature he came across that was so rare he had to have you. But I warned him you would lead to his death. Far too much free will to ever be kept as a pet. But once my master set his mind to a new pet, noting but something else better could distract him from his goal. So he came up with the plan to kill anyone who you loved, to begin to break you, and so you would be so downtrodden you wouldn't put up a fight. But as we can see, it didn't work out that way. Their deaths were a waste, and for that I truly am sorry."

"You should be." Midnight growled out, sinking into her fighting stance. "Is that all, because I'd like to get around to killing you."

Kasai laughed shaking his head, his black hair falling into his eyes. "I'm sure you would. But I have never failed to break someone. Never. And now that this has happened, I really must be going." Midnight gave him a strange look. He smiled showing fangs. "We will meet again Midnight. That one thing is sure. How and when? That is yet to be determined." In a flash of light and a whirl of shadows Kasai disappeared from the property. Midnight let out a sharp yelp as she dove into the smoke, slashing wildly. But he was gone. She took a few deep breaths as she noticed that a sort of mist had settled over the crowd.

"That's odd." She muttered before Kurama hugged her tightly from behind, murmuring that she better not pull any shit like that again. Midnight grinned slightly, turning in his arms so she could look at her fox in the face. "I promise, next time, you can help me 'em, ok?" She asked.

Kurama let out a sigh as he gently cupped Midnight's face between his hands. "That's a deal." He said quietly before leaning down and capturing Midnight's lips with his own. Midnight was stunned for a moment, before she wrapped her arms around him and returned the kiss. Both of them were completely lost to the world.

Kat put her head on Hiei's shoulder as she watched Midnight and Kurama. "It's that sweet?" She asked.

Hiei replied with a, "Hn." Before lifting Kat off her feet and flitting to the top of the school building by using tree branches. Kat had yelp burring her face against Hiei's chest. Now she relaxed a little bit. Partly because they were no longer moving and partly because Hiei was still holding on to her tight. She looked out over the city, and the late afternoon sky. She gave a small sigh, and shook her head.

"Do you think things will ever be back to normal?" She asked quietly.

Hiei shook his head lightly. "No, not to normal, but they will get better. You need to stop worrying about it though."

Kat gave him a reproachful look. "Well fine then." She shook her head. "You're right though. What's the worst that could happen?"

"I told you to stop worrying." Hiei said. "That means stop talking about it." Kat made a move as to start again, but Hiei silenced her with a kiss. Kat returned it. A kiss was way better than complaining about the future. She was still worried about it, somewhat. But she was willing to just wait and see for now.

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THE FREAKING END!

Oh wow. I can't believe I finally finished it! I had so much fun with this one too…. But it's done now. I will have a sequel sometime. Not in the near future because I start highschool in a few months and I'm not going to be home most of the summer, and I want to work on my other stories. But the epilogue to this will probably be the prologue to the next one. I love my reviewers so, so, so much! Thank you to everyone who's read this story the whole way though! Until next time!