Mikihisa saw how Anna and Hao moved towards his front. He was waiting for this movement. Mikihisa nodded his confidant and turned back to the battle field: Anna and Hao were now at the open battle, half of their army fighting as well. A sudden sound, as if something was falling, pierced the thin air. Everybody froze for a while and looked up: something huge flew through the dark sky and fallen, immediately firing up, onto…forest. Hao and Anna shot at the same time:

"YOH!" they both ran as quickly as they could, but the fires were seizing more and more trees. A dragon appeared above them and the couple jumped, holding on its giant legs. As dragon brought them to the forest, Anna and Hao jumped right into the flames: everything around was burning and the air was filled with smoke. Anna and Hao separated, looking for Yoh. Hao ran to another edge, where fires haven't yet reached with its dreadful tongues. To his relief, there laid Yoh, still breathing, but heavily wounded. Hao lifted him from the ground and started looking for a way to go back to the open field. Smoke made his sight hazy, but Hao walked on, not stopping. Few times the flames almost cornered him, not giving Hao a chance to escape, but he was quicker than fire: Hao would simply jump up, above the flames or he would lean from the fires. The man finally reached the edge of the forest and brought his brother to the medical outpost: there, doctors, with Tamao ahead (she turned to vampires side along with Yoh and Hao), were already waiting for them. Jeanne ran in, when Hao laid Yoh's flabby body on a folding bed.

"Are you both ok?" she asked anxiously. Jeanne had few scratches and blood stains on her body, but no heavy injuries.

"Yeah. What about Anna? Did she come back?" Hao remembered how they separated.

"No. I thought she's with you" a horror grew in Jeanne's face. Hao ran from the white tent. The fires seized all of the forest now, trees falling down, making explosions. Hao wanted to run to look for Anna, but Jeanne stopped him.

"No! If you'll go there you may not come back at all!

"But I can't leave her!" Hao hesitated: Jeanne's words made some sense, but his mind was too clouded now to think clearly.

"She will come back! If she won't, she's not Anna Kyouyama" Jeanne wanted to convince herself as well, more than effect Hao from doing a suicide. Jeanne looked other way and gasped from amazement.

"Hao! Look!" she showed. Hao looked to that direction and his mouth fell open…

At the other side of front, Mikihisa was admiring the fire. He knew that there was his beloved son Yoh, but he too betrayed him, so now there was no difference if they both die or not: the most brilliant thing would be if all three would burn in flames. He saw how Anna and Hao ran to the burning forest and now, as he saw that Anna didn't come back, he was smiling with triumph. But his triumph wasn't allowed to endure: as he suddenly saw an amazing sight, he could help, but stare there: two coal-black horses, one with blonde woman on its back, jumped out of the forest in which a huge explosion just emerged into air…

Hao stood in amazement: Anna and horses, which he recognized as same from the quest, landed on a ground and headed their way, farther away from the fire. Anna closed to Hao and Jeanne and jumped from the horse.

"What? Buried me already?" she asked sarcastically. Hao smirked to her.

"Who wouldn't have? You've scared us to death!" Anna laughed and stroke her hand through horses' black coats.

"If it would them…" Anna started, but Jeanne cut her off.

"Don't say it, please. It's enough we were worried about Yoh" Anna nodded.

"How is he?"

"Not good, but he'll live through" Hao looked seriously to Anna "we need to go" he showed to the battle field. Anna nodded and looked to Jeanne.

"Gather all the forces and order them to attack: the werewolves are withdrawing bit by bit, so we need to crush them fully"

"Understood" Jeanne said and ran away. Hao suddenly pulled Anna close to him and kissed her roughly.

"For one moment, I thought the worst" he said as they broke off.

"Hey, I won't leave you like this, ok?" Anna touched his lips.

"Ok" he whispered and hugged Anna once more. Then they got onto the horses, their army behind them. Anna turned around and faced her soldiers: the strangest sight was that not only were vampires and gargoyles, sorcerers and other kinds of creatures, but werewolves, witches and other creatures that never would ever have joined her if not Hao and Yoh. This kind of sight made her proud of her and Hao's with Yoh followers that they've chosen a right side and that she gets to be by their side. Anna inhaled deeply.

"This is our final battle. After that either we have a freedom of life, or we are to be hunted for our choice. No matter what will happen, know that I've never fought beside such a great soldiers, I'm proud of that" she raised her katana "destiny is with us" a thousand voices flew into night air, calling:

"DESTINY IS WITH US!" Anna and Hao turned their horses around and urged them to gallop. Hao looked to his steed and then to Anna's mare.

"This is going to be like old times" he said. Anna smiled back to him.

"Good point. I liked those times…And Hao" she silenced for a while "I love you"

"I love you too" he said and they both and ridded to meet their fate, with an army behind them, running to meet their fate as well.

Mikihisa saw how vampires' army marched into his with full strength. He didn't have any other choice:

"Soldier, order everyone to attack. We have to hold our positions" the soldier ran away and disappeared in crow. Mikihisa turned into his werewolf form: it was huge; about three times bigger that human body, black brawny body raised from the ground. Mikihisa's eyes were also clever, not with that clouded fierceness that was in others' eyes. Mikihisa howled with a long and loud howl: other werewolves followed his example and charged into the battle.

If you looked at this sight from the air, you could say it was a collision of two big tides: both fronts mixed and only one difference was visible: Mikihisa's army was all wearing red and Anna's – black. That was possible to distinguish one from another. The final battle was so fierce and fast, that everybody, who had clothes on them, was soaked with blood: who with foreign, who – with their own. Anna was slashing with her blades through every enemy she had in her way, not leaving a single moment for opponent to figure out from where the death was coming. Hao fought the same way, making his way through enemies with furious blasts of his sword: no one fought with greater courage and savageness then Hao and Anna. Except, maybe, Mikihisa. He made his way through to the blonde woman he was so determined to destroy: not only she was a danger to Mikihisa's ruling over, but she corrupted and seduced both his sons. That was enough reason for him, doesn't mater that it was far away from the truth. At least about Yoh and Hao. Mikihisa closed to Anna, who had already noticed his presence. They circled each other for a while, then Mikihisa attacked furiously. Anna repelled the attack and struck back. But Mikihisa caught her arm in mid-air, Anna struck with other arm, but the werewolf caught it as well, then her suddenly released her other arm and thrust his claws into her belly.

Anna gasped with pain: she never felt something like that: a sudden sharp pain in her stomach was something she wasn't prepared for. But just as the pain came in, it disappeared and all that Anna felt now was just something inside of her. Anna looked down to the wound and then back to Mikihisa, whose eyes were already triumphing. She gave out a cruel laugh:

"You didn't think you can defeat a day-walker this way, did you?" she took Mikihisa's hand by wrist, another hand reaching for his throat. She made Mikihisa kneel before her and slowly turn back to human, since he was almost out of air. Hao closed the fighting couple from behind: his eyes caught with Anna's wounded belly, but the horror in them appeared only for a moment as he saw that she was full of strength. Anna rammed her gaze into Mikihisa's eyes, their faces now inches from each other.

"Why! Just tell me that, why?" she demanded. Mikihisa painfully breathed out the words.

"Because you were the best" he gulped hardly "and because…" he looked up to Hao "my son loved you too much" Anna gasped. She now understood what was that darkness that prevented her from remembering her and Hao together. It was the same darkness, that covered Hao's memories of her. Anna looked to Hao for one moment, hesitating about her next movement. Hao found it hard to agree about what she's about to do, but he knew one thing: or love, or eternal running. Nevertheless, the tears collected in Hao's eyes. I'm sorry father, but this is for the liberation of your soul… The rain started to pour down as Hao nodded to Anna, pain in his eyes. Anna sighed and thrust her katana into Mikihisa's belly. The man shot out loud, making everyone around stop and look at them…

It seemed as if time stopped then and only the rain showed that the Earth continued turning. Mikihisa died slowly by Anna's feet, bloodstream rushing from his wound. Hao squealed to his father's body and took of a golden necklace: the symbol of their family. I'd rather remember good days, dad. The followers of Mikihisa circled them and looked to Anna and Hao in fear. The couple looked to each other and the eyed the crowd. Hao spoke:

"The battle ends here. Everybody is fee to go wherever they like" nobody moved at first, but then the crowd began to scatter. Anna looked around: many wounded were begun to carry to medical tents. She saw that many wounded were enemies and they've been helped by her own followers. Only now Anna understood how stupid and pointless this battle was, just like this war. She sighed to the sight, opened around her. What a pointlessness this was, but lucky it's over now. Hao closed to her. They started to walk back to the tents as one thing happened: one that they didn't yet expect, but one they've been waiting all horrible night…