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Me: So I may only go up to 36 chapters... Or 37 at the least. But I know you all love this story sooooo much! That's why I'm planning on the sequel! Oh and a special hello to Shandra-Chan and Mew Of Fire! Plus we have to include Tenchi Lily and Mew Sahandra!

Chapter Twenty-Nine: Fire is dangerous... Especially to the one who wields it. PART TWO!

Dareto, Lio, Rilo, Kirona and Summer were all waiting in the hospital. Lio and Kirona were pacing about briskly. Trying to grasp the situation in their hands. Summer was crying silently into her hands as Rilo slept on two chairs put together. Jacob and Georgia suddenly ran in and they looked around. The two twins ran to the desk and started talking fast.

"Where's Vanessa Smith? What happened? Where's the ward?" they gabbled to the confused, and flustered, nurse who sweat dropped anime style. Then Georgia noticed her friends and she grabbed Jacob by the shirt collar, and dragged him over to where the Mews were sitting/standing/laying. They also noticed Dareto but didn't complain that a human was in their midst.

"What happened! Lio! Kirona! Summer! Where's Von?" they asked in a whisper, well Georgia asked as Jacob ran over to comfert his girlfriend, who was now crying uncontrollably. Lio shook her head at Georgia as tears spilled down her cheeks.

"Georgia..." she whispered, then Lio flung herself onto Georgia, crying as Georgia put her arms around Lio and the 16 year old closed her eyes and a small, single tear fell from her eyes. Lio cried silently and she sniffed as she chocked out her words.

"Oh Georgia... Von... Von was in a fire... to save us... Von saved us... Kisham saved me... He saved me... Von!" Lio cried, trying to fight something, but she couldn't. Lio went into a frensic fit and she couldn't stop crying and banging her fists against the wall as she cried. Rilo woke up and stared at Lio with sadness and scared-ness in her eyes. Rilo clutched the jacket around her.

Georgia ran over to Lio and quickly held onto the teenagers arms and made Lio face her, by putting a hand under her chin and turning Lio's head. Lio didn't look like herself. She was crying and pale. Her eyes were full of sadness.

Georgia put her other hand on Lio's shoulder as Lio tried to fight her way out of Georgia's grasp. But Rilo had put a small hand into Lio's and Lio calmed down, but she was still crying. Georgia stared into Lio's grief filled eyes and a few more small tears fell from Georgia's own eyes.

"Don't cry Lio... Don't be afraid... Von's gonna be alright.. She'll be alright..." Georgia suddenly started blubbing as she put her arms around Lio who put her own arms around Georgia as the cried into each others shoulders.

Dareto stared at the wall, his face pale. He wanted to see Von. He wanted to hold her hand. He wanted to be next to her and say sweet things and to tell her how much he loved her... How much he would sacrifice for her. Because he loved her with all his heart... Just like Kisham loved Lio.

They didn't know what was in store for them though...

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Von sat in her bed, leaning against the pillow, her hands resting either side of her as she focused on a wall opposite her. Von knew where she was and she wouldn't talk at all. Scratches covered her hands and legs. But her legs were covered by the white sheet and her white hospital nightie. Her stomach had a bruise and a few cuts were on her arms.

But on her face, over her eyes, was a white bandage wrapped around tightly. Von couldn't see anything. She couldn't see the wall. Or Dareto. Never again.

Von was blind.

Von heard footsteps coming over to her door and she suddenly gripped her bed sheets tightly, clenching her fists as the door knob turned and she clenched her teeth and tightened her grip. Von didn't want a nurse... She wanted her boyfriend and friends.

The door opened, creaking. And she knew it was a nurse. Because no one wore heeled white shoes in a hospital except a nurse who was a woman. Von gripped even tighter as the nurse neared her bed, then whispered something to Von.

"Your friends wish to see you Vanessa... Do you want them to come in or shall I ask them to leave?" the nurse asked and Von furrowed her eyebrows and gave a nod. The nurse sighed and walked out. Then Von heard more footsteps after a few minutes and the door creaked open once again. Lio's whisper made Von ease a little.

Von let go of the sheets and rested her palms on the bed. Von sighed as she stared at the wall and she heard all of them walk over to her bed. Someone gripped her hand. It was Dareto and she knew it.

"Von... Are you okay?" Lio whispered, her voice cracking. Von knew that Lio had been crying and she gave a small nod, then sighed again and she gripped Dareto's hand tightly. Dareto put his other hand over their enclosed palms. Then she felt Lio slip her hand into Von's spare one. Von lowered her head and she sighed yet again.

"I'm sorry..." she murmered and Lio lifted her head at the quiet voice of her best friend and she tightened her grip on their hands and she stared at Von who looked up and sighed again.

"Von..." Lio whispered as Von lowered her head, then turned it in Lio's direction and she tried to form Lio's figure. She pictured Lio's face in her mind and she smiled a little.

"I'm sorry for causing you all this trouble... Now this trouble has caused me to lose my sight... But I sacrificed my life to save you all. And instead... the Fire God sacrificed my sight. Not my body and my life. The Fire God needs me to protect the life around me... And my loved ones." Von whispered and Rilo stared at her. Just realising, that Von, the fire weilder, would never see again.

It made her deeply sad. She climbed onto Von's bed and hugged her tightly. Von felt the hug, and took her hands away from Dareto's and Lio's and wrapped her arms around Rilo, and she kissed the young girl's head. Rilo sniffed as she closed her eyes.

"I can not see again... I can not look around me... But my sense of hearing has increased. And I still have the sense of touch. I can put my hands in yours... I know that you will all help me. You will all help me to walk around, holding my hands." Von whispered and Dareto suddenly put a hand on her head and he smiled lightly then sighed happily as he kissed her forehead. Von turned her head in his direction.

"We'll always be here for you... And i'm staying with you from now on. Von... I'm not leaving your side and I'm going to resign from the evil side... I don't care if you're blind. As long as I can be with you... I'm happy" he said in a quiet voice and she stared at him (well tried to) and she tilted her head then smiled slightly.

"I would like that. Thank you all" she whispered. Then the door swung open and Von heard gasping and her head turned in the direction of her mother. Her real mother... And Lily.

"Vanessa! Vanessa!" cried her clean mother as Lily stood there, helplessly. So Kirona ran up to Lily and patted her on the back as Lily sobbed. Von faced another direction as her real mother stared at her, then hugged her tightly. Lily cried silently as she tried not to watch.

Then Von got nasty as her mother hugged her. She slapt her mothers arms away and her mother staggered backwards, in shock as she fell to the floor on her butt. Von turned her head, bandaged eyes staring at her horrid mother.

"Why did you do that? Don't you get it? I don't love you... I don't even know you woman! So why do you waltz in here, barging past my mom and demanding to see your imaginary daughter? You were never my mother... You disowned me. You tried to kill me. I hate it. Get it, please. I never want to see you again... hear you again. I hate your guts. Go away. Leave me and my family in peace" Von hissed and the woman, Mary, stared at Von, then she stood up, angry as she passed Lily, then glared at her.

"The brat... She's yours to deal with! But I warn you... she's trouble!" Mary hissed and she flounced off. Lily smiled and walked over to Von's bed, drapping her arms around Von's shoulders and Von embraced back. Lily cried. Von didn't because it would hurt her eyes. She just gulped and sniffed as Lily made 'shhhhhhhhh' noises as she patted Von's head.

"My Von... Don't cry Vanessa..." she whispered as Von sniffed and hugged Lily like a small, scared child. Waiting for the lightning to stop. Von stayed like that in her true mothers arms for over an hour...

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Von sat in her room, a long stick in her hand and black sunglasses over her eyes. Von had stayed in the hospital for 2 weeks, then returned home. Dareto had always been by her side. Now she was at home, learning to walk with a stickl in her hand and eye sight. But Dareto helped her all the way.

Dareto lived with her and Lily. He slept in the spare bedroom, but sometimes Von walked into his room and snuggled up close to him, knowing that she was safe and he would always drape his arms around her to keep the young girl warm.

Von stood up and turned her head, then started to walk around, using her stick until she found the window that had a seat in it and she sat there, blindly staring out of the window, stick gripped into her hand. Von bit her lower lip as she listened to cheerleaders cry out dumb cheers. She couldn't see them to curse. She heard Dareto walking around, talking to her mother, (Lily) helping make the dinner. Von smiled at that; Then she had a thought and she lost her smile.

"I only remember our last dance together... My happy moment." she thought to herself and she sighed, lowering her head and closing her eyes, which were still sore. Von wanted to see Dareto and her friends again. But all she could do was hold onto them and listen to their voices.

And Von wanted a child with Dareto when she was older. But she would never see her baby. She dreaded that thought. But the doctors had said...

FLASHBACK

"Ms. Smith... Sorry to tell you this but... You are permanently blind." the doctor said in a pompous voice and everyone gasped as their eyes widened. Lily and Lio swung their arms around Von and cried as Von sat up straight. Dareto whispered in her ear

"You'll be alright, you'll be alright." Von did not feel allright. She was stunned and shocked. She would never see again...

END FLASHBACK

Von put a fist under her chin and she sighed again, then put her forehead against the glass window and she breathed mist onto the cool glass. Von blinked, making her eyes hurt terribly, but she didn't really care. All she wanted to know was... Will I ever battle again alongside my friends? Yes. Lio had told her so. They would never leave her behind.

Von put a hand on the glass window and she closed her eyes. Then she started to sing softly, not knowing that Dareto was listening behind her door.

"The fire burns into the night.

Rising into the sky,

encasing around my heart.

The deep orange flames,

jumping around my eyes.

Helping me to win his love.

I hear the flames calling my name.

I look into your flame filled eyes.

You echo my name softly.

You touch my stone cold hand.

A ring of fire goes around us.

To keep me safe. To keep me warm.

I watch you with my eyes.

I can't see you. But I can hear you.

Even if I am blind.

I can find you.

I will hold onto you.

And I will save this world, I love.

I grip onto your arm.

I hold you gently.

Your sweet whiapers are heard through the wind.

I feel safe, I feel calm.

I can beat this! I will see you!

I can see through my heart.

Tears of love fall on the flames.

They die down. I feel warm.

I'm in your arms.

In your mind.

To see you one last time.

That's my wish.

To stay with you.

A goal achieved.

But my eyes are gone... into those flames.

The flames of love,

a circle around our bond.

They whisper our names.

So gentle and so sweet.

I wish I could see, that scene again.

Our scene of love. Where we dance.

But that scene is a memory.

My sighthas gone.

But my love hangs onto me.

I won't lose hope that I will see you again.

I won't let that fire in my heart die down.

I'll always stay strong.

And I will always... Believe."

Von then turned her head at the sound of the floorboards creaking and her head faced the door. Dareto walked in silently and walked over to Von who stood up quickly, her bangs covering her sunglasses that covered her blind eyes.

Dareto stood in front of her, then held onto her hand tightly and he brought Von into a warm embrace. Von closed her eyes and put her arms around him as he rubbed her back. Von's sunglasses fell off and tears hit the carpeted floor of her room. Dareto kissed her cheek.

"Don't cry so Von... I'll always be here for you..." he whispered. But Von only had one thought. Dareto would see her all the time. But...

"Will I ever see your face again Dareto?" she asked herself inside her head as they embraced...

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Well I guess you would all say... These are the two sddest chapters in the whole story. Especially for Mew Of Fire. But it will get better kids... sniff

Mew Mew Rilo

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