"Too bad I have to kill you." Kurojosei announced. "I would have liked getting to know my twin."

"Yeah, I would have too. But...I'm not evil." Ari shrugged.

A man walked out. "Are they here?" He asked.

"All of them." Kurojosei grinned.

"Good. Time to show them what they're dealing with." He grinned. "Go ahead."

Kurojosei walked forward. "Are you 7 ready?"

Ari took a deep breath. "No, but come on."

"You couldn't do this when I was ticked." Chetara growled.

Kiri pulled out a seed from his hair, and grew it. It was a cactus sword. Long and ominous with huge spikes all over.

Artemis pulled out a collapsable staff, and Kazuka made a spirit sword. Ayla pulled out a whip, to the surprise of Koenma.

"Where'd you get that?" Koenma asked, in shock.

"I bought it. And hid it." She announced.

"Rebellious." Chetara grinned. Ayla laughed.

"Kinky." Ari volenteered. Koenma blushed, fiercely.

"Do you mind?" Kurojosei asked. "Can we start now?"

"Ah, go ahead." Kiri shrugged.

Kurojosei fumed. This guy was mocking her. She charged them. The fight was fast, flying, instantaneous.

Everyone against her, and she was winning. Ari accidentally knocked her in the head with an elbow and made her nose bleed.

"Urgh!" She cried. Ari blinked.

"Oops."

"I don't think it was supposed to be an accident." Chetara blinked.

Kurojosei, in a blinding flash, flung her sword and thrust it across the chest of the nearest person. Artemis. He went down, and flipped across the floor.

Ari froze, which wasn't a good thing when facing such a strong opponant. Then her screaming cry rang out and seemed to stretch on into time itself, and then came her blinding fury. She couldn't see or hear anything but her fury and Kurojosei. In a flash, she was there, cutting her down with fists and nails. She snatched her sword and jumped back.

Everyone but Ari froze, and stared at Artemis. They didn't even see her fighting alone. Kiri walked over there and knelt down next to him.

Kurojosei blinked. "What?" Ari charged her again, in blind fury. In another blinding flash, she was behind her, literally cutting her down, using the sword. Kurojosei collapsed down onto the floor. Ari lifted her sword up over her, ready to defile what was left.

Chetara glanced over at Ari, wondering where she was. "ARi! What are you doing!" She cried.

She was ignored, as Ari brought the sword down. The guy caught it and flung Ari like a rag doll across the room. He checked the girl lying on the floor. She was alive, but barely.

"Take him and go." He snarled. He picked the girl up and they left. Ari stood up, dizzy and sick. She couldn't walk straight and couldn't believe it. Artemis was gone. She walked over to Artemis, swerving this way and that. Everyone was knelt over him, stunned. Chetara walked over there and helped Ari get there before she hurt herself.

Ari knelt over Artemis. Her thoughts were reverberating in her head. One thought was, (It's all my fault. If I hadn't screwed up at that dance...)

Hiei, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Kurama burst in the door. They saw the group gathered around Artemis and they froze too. Hiei turned away from the sight.

Ari, once the shock of seeing what she thought she'd never see, her eyes filled with tears. She hadn't cried in a very long time, but the tears came. One lone tear escaped down her face. It landed on his chest, in his wound. With a gasping sigh, she jumped up and started to run for the door. Hiei grabbed her arm, furious.

"You did this!" He cried, angrily. "You caused my son to..." He cut off. "You worthless nothing!" He growled. "Who do you think you are to come in and change everything! Now look at my son!"

Ari froze up, totally freaked out and shocked and upset. But other than that tear there was nothing she could do.

Chetara ran over there. "DON'T YELL AT HER!" She growled. "You don't know how everything happened, so don't accuse her. And besides, if you'd been a better father none of this would have happened. If any of you had been a better father none of this would have happened! Do you even know your own kids?"

They all froze, and Hiei let go of Ari, who dropped to the floor and covered her head.

"It is my fault." She whispered, softly. "All of it."

No one noticed Artemis' chest wound beginning to heal and seal itself together. Not even Kiri, who was leaning over him, eyes closed, in total shock. They were all crying except Ari. His wound healed itself and there was one kibeat. Ari lifted her head. Everyone paused, and looked around.

"Was that...?" Ari paused. Hiei ran over to Artemis. They all crowded around him. Another kibeat followed, followed by another. Then, they started strongly.

"He's alive!" Kiri cried, happily. Everyone sighed, tension gone. Then, they started smiling. When Artemis opened his eyes, in confusion, they started cheering wildly. The kids did, not the adults.

Artemis looked around, still confused. "...uh...hey. What's...up?"

Ari, in ecstacy, kissed him on the lips. He froze, and blushed hugely. Hiei eyed her suspiciously.

Ari laughed. "Kurojosei killed you...I thought. We all did. But you're alive!"

"Nice way to trust me!" He raised an eyebrow. "Now why would I go and die on you?"

"I don't know," Ari shook her head. Everyone pulled him up.

He stumbled for a second, and then was able to walk. With a yawn, he announced he was starving.

"Me too! I think I'm gonna die over here!" Kiri whined. "No dinner last night, this morning, or for lunch!"

The adults laughed, tension sliding.

"At least you get more than one meal a day! And as much as you can eat! And anything you want! My dinner yesterday and the day before was an apple!" Chetara growled.

The adults raised eyebrows, and the kids laughed.

"Well, I'll have to feed you some real food sometime!" Kiri laughed.

"That'd be cool." Chetara grinned.

"It's a date!" He announced, happily.

Kurama eyed them now. "This date will happen at the house."

"Alright!" Kiri cheered.

Artemis laughed. "You don't want to come over to my house for dinner. Our food's inedible."

"Describe inedible." Ari raised an eyebrow.

Artemis laughed. "You might like it if your dinners an apple...maybe."

Ari laughed. "I'm willing to try."

Hiei frowned at them and walked out of the room. Everyone watched him. They all chased after him in a hurry. They didn't know their way back, so they needed to follow someone.

"You know, to celebrate all of us being alive, we should all go to Kiri's house and eat dinner!" Kazuka announced.

Kiri laughed. "Why not? I'll mention it to her. 6 guests...or fourteen?"

Yusuke nodded, emphetically. Kurama sighed. Hiei hesitated and then nodded. Kuwabara nodded, quickly.

"No more frozen dinners." Kuwabara agreed. Kazuka nodded.

"I hate frozen dinners."

"Well, I hate spicy food." Ayla offered. Yusuke laughed.

"I'll tell Kayko to lighten up on the peppers."

"There is no solution for our food problem." Artemis sighed.

"Yes, there is, get her a cookbook." Chetara offered.

"Hiei tried that." Kurama hid his grin. "She tore it to pieces. And was completely insulted, and..."

"Cut him off. Whatever that is." Artemis shrugged. "For a week."

Ari laughed. "Are you that sheltered?"

"...I guess, because I don't get it." Artemis frowned. Hiei was debating on running off back to the house when Ari made her next comment.

"I need to introduce you to that kind of stuff then." She grinned, a touch wickedly.

"NO you don't!" Hiei growled.

"Well, looks like we're actually going to have to listen to adults now." Chetara shrugged.

Artemis raised an eyebrow at Ari's grin. "You look like your sister."

Ari laughed. "So what?" She took his arm. "Is that supposed to mean something? Oh, I get it. I look evil. Well, thanks!" She stormed off ahead for a few paces.

Artemis chased after her. "Wait! I didn't mean it, I'm sorry."

Ari paused, then started laughing. "Calm down, I didn't cry over you to just turn around and get mad over the most stupid thing."

"Just so you know, it's the first time she's cried in 10 years." Chetara elaborated.

"Wow, so I really am special." He teased. Ari laughed.

"Yes, you are." Ari teased.