A/N: No this is not hte last chapter of the story, I promise. there is still a few more chapters left! enjoy :)
"Some one get her out of here!" I heard someone shouting.
My eyes opened slowly to see Damien standing over me with his sword holding something.
"Malice…" I breathed.
I heard that sick hissing laugh that I had come to associate with him.
"My little goddesssss is finally awake…"
I scooted myself out from under Damien; I had no weapon… I needed to get my sword.
Suddenly Damien was airborne and I was running, I didn't have a clue as to how I was going to fight against him…
"Run assss fasssst assss you can my little lamb… You'll never get away from me…" Malice laughed.
I skidded to a halt and looked around me. I can't lead him to the house… I need to keep him away from Yuki…
I dove under a log and hid, holding my breath as he came crashing to the spot I was just standing. "Come out come out where ever you are!" He laughed again.
I need cover… I need to get him away from the house… I need…
Clouds!!
I knew my summoning ability was hardly useable; I couldn't master any of the abilities I had before the accident... God I hoped it would work for me this one time…
Please… Please work…
I emptied my mind and simply though cover
Nothing happened at first… then suddenly a haze started to build up which turned into a thick fog that covered everything.
"My my… Aren't you becoming powerful…?" Malice sneered as he whipped around, completely blinded by the fog.
I pulled free of my hiding spot then took off to the house.
You are a Goddess! I told myself. You CAN and you WILL summon your powers! Summon your god damn sword before he figures out where you went!!
I stopped and closed my eyes, fixating on the image of my sword and nothing else. I held out my hands and waited…
Suddenly there was a weight in my hands. I opened my eyes and saw that not only was it a sword, but it was my father's sword. The one weapon I longed to use but couldn't even remove from its sheath, and here it was unsheathed and ready to fight.
You're a goddess now… I could almost hear my father say. What do goddesses do…?
"We never give up." I answered. "We stand and fight to protect the ones we cherish. We never turn our backs on those in need…"
I could hear Malice crashing through the trees, he was laughing.
"We guard everything and everyone who we meet." Pain started to bloom across my shoulder blades, I struggled to keep standing and focused on the movement in the trees.
"You're not a goddesssss!" Malice screeched as he crashed into the clearing I stood in.
"I am a goddess!" I cried as I charged him brandishing the one thing that had helped me become who I needed to be.
The clang of metal against bone resonated through the spot we stood in.
"You're nothing!" Malice hissed at me. "You're no goddessss! You're only a half breed who can't even fly!!"
"I AM a goddess!! And I will protect the people I love!" I severed his left arm from his body.
Malice reared back in pain and black sludge poured from the missing ligament.
I had the upper hand, I was going to win!
The pain bloomed again on my shoulder blades and staggered me.
"Mommy…?"
I turned slowly to see Yuki had come into the clearing.
Malice hissed with vehemence. "Sssso… You've bred…" the snarl that passed his teeth shook me to my core.
The arm I had severed was moving!
"YUKI!!" I screamed as I ran to my daughter.
There was no way I could make it. I couldn't move fast enough.
It was just like the battle I had with Malice before except it was Yuki and there was no one who could save her.
"YUKI!!" I cried as tears streamed down my face, the pain in my shoulder blades erupted and I felt the skin tearing free. Blood splattered the ground behind me as I collapsed to my knees.
Wings… I had wings… and they came too late…
The gold and silver colored blood ran down my back and I sat there.
A bright flash of light exploded from the spot my daughter had been standing.
"Mommy…?" The little voice called.
"Yuki…?" I looked up to see that not only had the hand not touched my daughter but both Zephayx and Hiei's Darkness dragon stood beside Yuki, protecting her.
"Yuki!!" I ran over to my daughter and held her against my chest. "Oh thank god! I thought I lost you…" I looked at the ground Yuki stood on, it had been burned. "Yuki, Honey, did you burn the grass…?"
Yuki nodded. "The big black dragon told me I needed to."
I stared up at Hiei's once protector. "You told her to…?"
"She had to know when to use it and when to not…"
"You mean… she's been able to burn things for awhile…?"
"You're daughter is not only a fire demon, but a goddess and her abilities have become abundant at a very early age…" Zephayx answered.
"Enough!!" Roared Malice, "you will die!!"
I stood and turned towards the demon that had haunted me as a child. "How dare you…" I stalked towards him. "How dare you try and hurt her… How dare you try and take her life away… She's just a CHILD!!" I screamed at him and charged.
Malice roared with laughter. "Now thisss issss what I have been waiting for!! The full power of a half breed goddesssss!!"
"I show you half breed!! I am a goddess of the heavens!!" I left my sword rip through his neck.
As my sword came through is head fell from his body and fall to the ground; his body fell after.
"I am a goddess of the day and the night." I stated as the black ooze poured from his neck. "My duty is to protect those around me that I truly care about. You nor any other demon shall ever try through me. I WILL defend my family and friends!"
I stared down at the corpse of the one demon that had truly scared me as a child. He was the one creature that I ever feared and now he was dead.
"May god have mercy on you and judge you for the crimes you have committed…" I walked away from the creature, away from my nightmares, towards my future; the future as a goddess and a mother.
"Yuki…" I said as I lifted her into the air. "Never forget that you are a goddess…" I kissed her head.
Never forget like I forgot…