(Hey guys I'm back with the conclusion of the New York arc that I hope you're ready for. Enjoy.)
Last time Dustin, Negi, and the girls payed a visit to the martial arts facility Dustin and all his friends trained at to become spirit warriors. During their sparing the place was ambushed by Felix Fox and the shadow soldiers. They all fought hard but Burai ended up getting captured by his old rival Felix. Now Dustin, Negi, their partners, and the other rookie spirit warriors vowed to bring their mentor back at all costs.
At the abandoned building during nightfall, Burai continued to remain bound to the wall as Felix had been searching the warrior for something, "Hey Felix keep your hands above the waist!"
"Shut up." He frowned.
"What happened to you Felix you may have been a hotheaded rival but you were never like this." Burai said.
"Times have changed Burai, when I left the facility I sought other power. And that's when Ragnarok came to me. He offered me real power, power that old man Darius was too afraid of."
"So you took up dark warrior power?" Burai frowned.
"Yes, I never felt such a wondrous power in all my life. It took me a few years to master but now look at me," He smirked as he continued to search Burai but found nothing, "Alright where is it? Where'd the flute?!"
"Someplace you'll never find it." The warrior replied.
Felix grabbed Burai by the throat threatening to choke him and spoke, "Do not toy with me Burai," Burai only glared as his former allie continued, "I will find that flute and make its power mine!"
Alistair leaned against a wall, "Why're you hung up on some flute?"
"Show's how little you know newbie."
Alistair frowned, "Well sorry but since you all are so secretive how can I possibly know anything?!"
Ragnarok turned to his other comrades nodding knowing how true he is. Felix sighed, "I suppose a full introduction is in order then. Alistair meet my old rival Burai Sanzo of the Dragon Spirit Warriors."
"Dragon Spirit Warriors?" Alistair asked.
"Yes, a very rare case of spirit warrior that's hard to come by." Ragnarok explained as Felix took it from there.
"Yes, and they were said to be the guardians of a legendary flute. A flute with immense power and control over a legendary guardian beast," he turned to burai, "And you were the one said t possess it!"
Burai smirked, "Well I guess I passed it on."
Felix frowned and slugged Burai in the face giving him a lump on his face, "I told you not to toy with me!"
Meanwhile Dustin and his group were searching around a suburb section of the city trying to hone in on Burai's spirit energy waves, "Got anything yet?" Mana asked Dustin and Negi who were concentrating.
"Not close enough." Dustin answered.
"Guys this could take hours and we don't have the time." Jade said.
"Well there's gotta be a stronger way for us to locate him." Kaede said.
Aria looked around and saw they were near hers and Burai's home, 'Maybe there is,' she thought and spoke pulling everyone to a halt, "Wait! Before we continue with the search there's something I need to get."
"Well can ya make it quick we're on a tight schedule." Elroy reminded her.
Aria nodded and ran inside the house looking around, 'Burai told me if something were to happen to him just say the chant,' she thought and spoke, "Reveal the instrument of the dragon's life!"
Suddenly a wall opened up revealing a pedestal with a green box on it surrounded by two dragon statues. Aria knelt down and spoke a prayer, but soon Dustin came in to check on her, "What's taking so long?" he asked until he saw Aria at the pedestal with her spirit energy glowing green.
"Great dragon, please grant me the wisdom of the past so I may protect the future…" she muttered endlessly in a small trance. Suddenly the box opened and Dustin looked over seeing the contents inside of it. It was a green, black, and gold flute with the three toed symbol of the dragon.
"Whoa." Dustin gasped as he approached. He was about to touch it until one of the dragon statues eyes glowed and blew fire at him making him duck, "What the?"
Aria opened her eyes revealing a green glow as she spoke in an echo voice, "Do not worry, he is a friend." The statue stopped and the flute floated out of the box and into Aria's possession.
"The dragon will be awakened once more." She said as her eyes returned to normal.
"Dragon?" Dustin asked himself.
Aria turned to Dustin, "I got it let's go."
"Ok, but what is it?" Dustin asked as he followed her.
The two made it back outside as Jethro spoke, "What were you doing in there?"
"Sorry, but I had to get this." Aria showed them the flute.
"What is that?" Makie asked.
"The Dragon's Fang." Aria answered.
Mana's, Chao's, Dustin's, his friends, and Eva's eyes widened, "The Dragon's Fang?" Eva asked.
"You know about that?" Negi asked Evangeline.
"Yes, an ancient weapon passed down through a certain breed of spirit warrior, the dragon spirit warriors."
"Dragon Spirit Warriors?" Yuna asked.
Dustin answered, "Centuries ago a lone spirit warrior named Geki pleaded to the gods for enough power to save his wife who was abducted by his enemies. Sensing the good intent in his heart, they bestowed upon him a powerful flute that granted onto the user untold power, and along with the ability to summon the dragon guardian Caesar. Using its power he rescued his wife and became legendary for being known as the Dragon Spirit Warrior. Since time Geki's power was granted through his future blood, but that means… Aria you and Burai and blood relation to Geki?"
"We are."
"How come you never told us something like this?" Alice gasped.
"Forgive me, but Burai and Master Darius made me promise not to tell anyone else until it was absolutely necessary."
"Then did that also mean?" Elroy asked.
"Yes our parents were also part of it, well our father was at least while mom was his partner. When dad died during the 9/11 incident he managed to send a message to Burai saying he was now the inheritor of the flute, but a year ago Burai passed it off to me feeling I would have better use for it than he would."
"So then what about your mother?" Madoka asked.
"She works as a fashion designer overseas in Paris, though she spends a lot of time working she does manage to take every chance she gets to visit me and Burai."
"So then how can that flute help us?" Sakurako asked.
"Both Burai and I share the same dragon spirit energy. With the power of the flute I can hone in on his spirit energy easier."
"Well what're you waiting for, get crackin'." Jethro called.
Aria nodded as she held onto the flute concentrating her spirit energy with a green aura surrounding her.
"Whoa." The rookie spirit warriors gasped.
"Who would've ever guessed Aria was more special than we gave her credit for?" Dustin asked.
"For real." Elroy agreed.
Aria's eyes opened up, "I found him! An abandoned building in Manhattan!"
"Any specifics?" Mana asked.
"I did see a sign with it, it was called Saberhagen Towers." Aria added.
"Saberhagen Towers? That's the name of the old hotel that caught fire years ago, but luckily didn't burn to the ground." Alicia noted.
"Well that's where he is." Aria assured them.
"Well we better hurry." Negi suggested.
"Then let's fly!" Rin said getting on Toothless.
"What about them?" Makie noted to Sakurako and Madoka who haven't even begun to learn any basic spirit training.
"Not a problem." Alicia said as she and Alice held the two lifting them off the ground.
"Just try not to move around so much." Alice warned them.
Chamo hopped onto Negi's shoulder as Makie and Konoka got on his staff with him. Salem and McTwisp got on Toothless with Rin, Ayaka, and Ku. Chachamaru and Dustin's friends held onto Kaede and Kakizaki, while Eva, Sayo, Domino, and Dustin's partners flew up and were all off to find Burai.
Back at the hideout Felix was pounding Burai's face right from left interrogating him, "Talk dammit!"
"Persistent one isn't he?" Pythor asked Ragnarok.
"Indeed." The Shadow Master nodded.
"You can knock my teeth out for all I care Felix, I'll never tell you anything." Burai said with a messed up face.
"Then I guess I'm going to have to take it up a notch." Felix said while concentrating dark energy into his fist ready to deliver a pounding blow to Burai but was suddenly blasted with lightning knocking him back.
"What?" Ragnarok gasped as they looked out seeing the whole group flying onto the scene.
"Here comes the cavalry!" Salem mimicked fanfare.
"It's them!" Thorn frowned.
"Felix, we'll leave this up to you." Ragnarok said as he, Alistair, Thorn, Voltaire, and Pythor vanished into a portal.
"Perfect." Felix smirked as everyone arrived on the scene.
"Burai!" Aria gasped.
"I knew you'd all make it." Burai smiled.
"Whoa, what happened to your face?" Elroy asked.
"Took a few punches but I'll survive. Downside I won't be going on dates for a week." Burai joked.
"Try the rest of your afterlife," Felix replied as he conjured the shadow soldiers, "Alright boys, take 'em!"
"Come on!" Dustin called as he and the group went at it with the shadow soldiers.
Negi used his staff and fired some magical arrows nailing three of the shadow soldiers, "Way to go aniki!" Chamo cheered.
Ku and Chao were performing basic martial arts moves knocking the soldiers one after another. Alicia and Alice landed near them after throwing one soldier aside, "Wow, so you two taught Negi and Dustin moves like that?" Alice asked.
"All that and more." Ku replied.
As both groups engaged in a fight Aria snuck past them and made it too Burai, "I got the flute."
"Good girl, now get me out of here."
Aria used her spirit energy to cut the restraints holding Burai to the wall. He landed on the floor and got ready, "Now let's show these guys what happens when you mess with dragon spirit warriors."
"Yeah!" she agreed as the two joined the battle against the shadow soldiers.
Felix while knocking away Jethro and Elroy spotted Dustin facing some shadow soldiers with Negi, "Burai may be my enemy but you are also my target." He dashed like a bullet tackling Dustin off the ledge of the building as they started falling.
"Dustin!" the girls cried.
"I'm coming!" Negi called grabbing his staff and flew down to help.
Dustin and Felix grappled while falling until Dustin managed to kick his opponent off him and he landed onto a dumpster while he regained altitude and lowered down slowly with Negi, "Are you ok?" Negi asked.
"Never better." Dustin replied.
Felix got up, "My master requires I bring you both to him."
"This master wouldn't happen to be the Shadow Master would it?" Dustin questioned suspiciously.
"He might be."
"What does he want with us?" Negi asked.
"I'm afraid that is not to be shared with you two." He smirked as he conjured his dark energy and fired a blast at the two who jumped out of the way.
"That was close." Negi said.
"So let's take the fight to him!" Dustin said as the two went at it with Felix using hand to hand combat moves.
Felix using his own combat moves was able to dodge most of their attacks, and finally gained some distance, "You two fight well for children. Especially you Dustin, now I can see exactly what he meant when he said you were a worthy opponent."
"He? He who?" Dustin was confused.
"Sorry I'm not one to spill the beans," Felix said as he concentrated and four black aura tails appeared behind him, "Shadow Yoko fire!" he fired four black fireballs at the two who kept dodging.
"Spirit gun!" Dustin fired a shot at Felix's shoulder and recoiled while clutching it.
"Lucky shot."
"Let's see if you call this luck!" Dustin went to attack him head on but ended up getting swiped away by one of the black aura fox tails of Felix and was sent crashing into a wall.
"I call that bad luck for you." Felix mocked.
"And I call this unlucky for you!" Negi released a blast of magic from his fist pushing Felix back but he remained on his feet.
"Good form Negi, but still not up to snuff with me!" Felix fired another blast of shadow fire until a spray of water put it out.
They looked seeing Rin with her staff and coming onto the fray was Dustin's friends, "Nobody messes with Dustin or Negi as long as we're around." Jethro said.
"So you want any of them you have to go through us." Jade added.
"Fight a bunch of children; I'm almost ashamed of myself."
"What you're going to be ashamed of is underestimating us." Alicia warned him.
"Let's go!" Aria called as they all went into battle against Felix throwing spirit guns and spirit punches one after another while he defended himself.
Felix had dodged a kick from Alice and caught a punch from Elroy and threw him into Jethro, "Darius taught you all well, but he didn't teach you everything."
"You're right; he didn't teach us everything," Aria began, "That's why I'm using this on my own." She pulled out the flute.
"The Dragon's Fang? You had it?!" Felix growled.
"Yes, and now I'm gonna use it to awake the guardian himself." She held it to her lips and played fanfare on it. While the older fighters were still facing the shadow soldiers they heard the fanfare play.
"What's that sound?" Madoka asked.
"The Dragon's Fang." Burai smiled.
Back with the kids Aria's spirit energy glowed green around her and started taking form and suddenly appearing before them was a dragon about the size of a human standing up straight and was decked out in warrior armor.
"No, it can't be." Felix gasped.
"I am Caesar the Dragon guardian!" The spiritual dragon declared.
"Wow." Elroy and Jethro gasped.
"Aria Sanzo, you have summoned me to protect your friends, and protect you and them I shall." Caesar started fighting Felix through a series of punches and tail whips while Felix still getting the hell beaten out of him struggled against the spirit but wasn't backing down.
"Look at Caesar go!" Alice gasped.
"He's cool." Dustin added.
As Felix continued fighting back his eyes started glowing black as more dark energy was gathering into him, "I will not be defeated!" he slugged the dragon spirit into his chest sending him flying back into the wall.
"Caesar!" Aria called.
"He's hurt." Negi gasped.
"I'll be alright, once I rest. But please let me give you one token of my gratitude." Caesar glowed and some of his spirit energy poured into the kids.
"Hah, not even the great Caesar was able to stand a chance against me and the Shadow Force." Felix laughed while being covered in bruises.
The kids turned to Felix frowning, "You hurt our friend." Aria growled with her eyes glowing blue.
"And when you hurt a friend of ours you go overboard." Jethro said as his and the other spirit warrior's eyes were glowing while Negi and Rin stood tall with magical auras surrounding them.
"What that power, all of you?" Felix gasped.
"Yes, so let's see how your shadow force measures up to our spirit forces!" Dustin called as they all took off throwing every attack they had at Felix who also fought back using his own enhanced shadow powers from the shadow force.
Back on the building once the shadow soldiers were driven off, they made it down and to their shock saw the group of kids matching Felix in strength and speed, "What's happening to them?" Kakizaki asked.
"I don't know, but their powers are going off the chart, not even Negi and Rin have had this much magical power in their arsenal." Kazumi said checking their power levels.
Burai smiled, "Dragon Caesar has shared some of his strength with them, and now let's see how they use it."
After so much fighting Felix landed on opposite side of the spirit warriors and mages, "You fight even better but now you've made me angry!" his dark energy was growing stronger while the spirit warriors spirit energy and Negi's and Rin's magic kept growing as well.
"This is surprising, we're about two see two of the most powerful attacks known to spirit and dark warrior kind." Eva smirked.
"Guys, put all your power into your attack, we must not let Felix win!" Dustin ordered as they continued powering up while Felix did as well.
"I will destroy you all! Shadow Force!" Felix threw his arms back.
"It's time everyone! Spirit Force!" Dustin threw his arms back.
"Spirit Force!" Elroy tucked his right arm back like he was drawing something from his side.
"Spirit Force!" Jethro stuck his head up with his mouth open as he collected spirit energy.
"Spirit Force!" Jade called as she held her arms up.
"Spirit Force!" Alice and Alicia called as they each put one of their arms side by side glowing with a huge spirit energy sphere on their stuck together fists that they threw back preparing to launch.
"Spirit Force!" Aria threw her arms back.
"Tel Ma Amorista!" Negi and Rin called together.
And with the from Felix's side he blasted the Shadow Force at the kids, while the kids fired their Spirit Force through blasts from their fists or in Jethro's case through his mouth, while Elroy's was launched as a shockwave, and Negi's and Rin's magic was sent like a blast. When both opposing blasts clashed the two sides struggled to over power each other's blasts but Felix was proving to have better control.
"This does not look good at all for the kids." Burai said.
"What can we do?" Chizuru asked.
"Can't we attack Felix and throw him off balance?" Makie asked.
"That would only be suicide for you if you want to get caught in the line of fire." Eva warned the gymnast girl.
The cheerleaders watched their Profs and their friends put their lives on the line and felt bad that they haven't been able to help them so far. Suddenly Kakizaki spoke, "Girls at times like these the home team needs a good cheer on."
"A cheer, but how can that help them?" Sakurako asked.
"Because we'll be lending out power to them." Kakizaki said.
Madoka gasped seeing what she meant, "It just might work." Madoka said as the three started concentrating and in Sakurako's and Madoka's possessions appeared a pair of pom poms made from spirit energy while Kakizaki summoned her pactio weapon also being a pair of pom poms.
"Whoa, the nee-sans are ready to get in the game." Chamo gasped.
"Let's hope it'll be enough." McTwisp said.
"It has to be." Domino replied.
"Go-go warriors let's go! Go-go warriors let's go!" they started cheering as their bodies glowed with energy.
Suddenly the kids themselves started feeling different while glowing as well, "My power, it's growing!" Dustin called.
"Mine, too!" Aria called.
"And ours!" Negi added.
"The girls are sharing their energies with us!" Jethro called.
"Then let's use it!" Elroy called as their enhanced attacks were getting stronger and were overpowering Felix's Shadow Force.
"What?! NO!" Felix called as his Spirit Force was extinguished and ended up taking the full force from all the attacks thrown at him screaming. He flew backwards and crashed into a wall leaving behind an imprint.
The kids powered down their energy and fell backwards, "What's wrong with them?" Madoka asked.
"Spirit Force is a powerful attack; it concentrates all their energy into one big burst. Because they're so young and inexperienced with it, they don't have enough energy left afterwards to stand or move." Mana explained.
"And Negi and Rin not used to putting so much magic into an attack couldn't take it as well either." Kaede added.
Burai approached the weakened Felix who was hanging on by a whim, "How could I have lost to a bunch of kids?" Felix coughed.
"Because they were once like us Felix, they fought for what they believed in. For peace, for honor, and for good. The same thing you once fought for until you went down the wrong path. Maybe now you'll understand why it was foolish of you to leave us for power."
Felix smiled, "Yeah, I do now." He fell unconscious and was consumed by darkness and vanished.
"What happened to him?" Yuna asked.
"That's easy, he perished." Eva answered.
"So did we win?" Sakurako asked.
"The fight maybe, but not the war." Suddenly appearing before them was Ragnarok and his associates wearing their cloaks with their hoods up.
"You, are you the Shadow Master?" Dustin asked while trying to look up.
"I am, and now that Felix has fallen in battle it's up to us to fix his mistake." He was ready to attack until a single spirit gun blasted his arm. He clutched it and turned to the side growling seeing Roswell and Zyphon who had blasters locked onto him.
"Get away from my son!" Roswell warned him.
"Roswell Bowers, so nice of you to join us." Ragnarok smirked under his hood.
"He didn't come alone." Another voice said as Spike from the Ernie's Pizza appeared.
"Spike?" Ayaka and Chizuru were shocked.
"He's a spirit warrior too?" Madoka asked.
"And me." Coming out from behind a wall was the secretary at the hospital Burai worked at.
"You think I fear you both, I can take you both on like that." Ragnarok replied.
"Then you'll have to take on all of us!" another voice called as he and his associates looked up seeing Darius and all the rookies from the spirit training class surrounding them from on top of the other roofs.
"We're surrounded." Thorn said.
"I know." Ragnarok replied.
"Let me take them on, I'm ten times stronger than that whole class." Alistair said walking forward but was pulled back by Ragnarok and ended up making the boys hood fall down.
Dustin, Negi and the others saw this and were shocked at who the shortest of the dark warriors was, "Alistair?" they asked.
Alistair gasped seeing his cover was blown, but Ragnarok spoke, "We'll meet again I promise you." He opened a portal and they fled into it.
Roswell ran to his son trying to help him up, "Dustin, are you ok?"
"I'm alright dad, glad you could make it." Dustin smiled.
"How'd you find us?" Burai asked Darius.
"Come on anyone could've seen that bright light of the Spirit Force from miles away." Darius explained.
"Speaking of, we better get out of here before the cops show." Mana suggested.
"Yeah, and these guys look like they need some help." Spike said as he helped Elroy up.
"Then let's go!" Darius ordered as they all fled the scene.
Sometime later that night Dustin, his pals, Negi, and Rin were in a med room inside Darius' training building. Each of them was lying on a bed with wires connected to their bodies and Burai was channeling his spirit energy into those wires that traveled to the kids. Watching from behind a window were Negi's and Dustin's partners, Roswell, Zyphon, and Spike.
"What's he doing?" Konoka asked.
"He's channeling his spirit energy into their bodies to restore their strength. He learned that technique form his dad." Spike explained.
"Will they be ok?" Sakurako asked.
"Don't worry; I've trained those kids right down to the peak of their strengths. I know they'll be just fine." Darius said.
"I hope so, otherwise I'm gonna have to get a new owner," Salem began; "I don't think I could ever get used to someone new!" he sobbed.
"Oh don't be a bellyacher!" McTwisp lectured him, "Alicia and Alice will be ok, I know they will."
Burai continued concentrating and soon the kids were slowly waking up and sat up, "Whoo, talk about rejuvenation." Dustin stretched.
"That felt good." Jethro admitted.
"Just what we needed." Alicia added.
"Are you ok Rin?" Negi asked.
"Yeah, what about you?"
"I'm ok." Negi added.
Burai powered down and sighed in relief, "Thank goodness you're all ok."
"Thanks to you Burai, you and Caesar made it so we could fight and come out of it alive." Aria said and grabbed the flute, "Guess you should take it now."
"No, it's yours Aria. Caesar is your partner," Burai said, "He was meant for you." She smiled.
The doors to the room opened and the girls came in, "Negi, Dustin are you two ok?" Kaede asked.
"You're not still hurt are you?" Ayaka asked.
"We're fine girls, really we are." Negi said.
"We're so relieved." Chizuru sighed.
"I still can't believe you all took Felix on like that and defeated him." Yuna said.
"We didn't defeat him alone did we guys?" Dustin looked at the kids who shook their heads.
"We had help as well defeating him." Alicia said.
"Yeah you girls." Elroy motioned to the cheerleaders.
"Your cheers empowered us and gave us the strength to defeat Felix, so thanks." Jethro added.
The girls smiled, "No problem."
Dustin went over pulling Madoka and Sakurako into a hug onto their waists while Negi did the same to Kakizaki making them blush, "We're glad you chose to become our partners." Negi said.
The three cheerleaders smiled and scrunched down pulling the two into a group hug. Darius and Roswell smiled seeing how well they've all done, "By the way master, what about the other girls?" Dustin asked.
"All taken care of, I sent them back to the hotel and said you would all be along later."
"Thanks sir." Dustin smiled but looked down.
"Dustin?" Mana asked.
"I can't believe Alistair now rolls with the Shadow Master. I should've finished him when I could back in Kyoto."
"What's done is done boy, and now that you know he is still active you will need to get stronger." Eva told him.
"Yeah, but something else bugs me. I don't think Alistair really is a bad guy."
"What?" the girls asked.
"Call me crazy, but when I fought him I felt no malicious intent from him, not like Chigusa or Felix had. I just feel like he could be with better people."
"Wow, you are crazy," Salem said only to get pinched by Alicia, "Ow!"
"I think you might be onto something," Darius said, "You have a kind heart Dustin and can see goodness in others far beyond others can. Just like your mother."
Dustin smiled and yawned, "If you all don't mind, I'm clocking out now." He fell forward only to be caught by Mana with his head lying in her chest.
"Me too." Negi said as he did the same landing in Kaede's embrace while the other kids fell asleep too.
Konoka smiled and picked Rin up while Burai did the same with Aria, "We'll make sure the rest of them get home safely, but for now you should all head back to the hotel." Burai said.
"We will." Mana said as she held Dustin and they left.
Meanwhile in a dark place, Ragnarok stood before Alistair, Voltaire, Pythor, and Thorn, "Today was a great loss to us, for Felix has fallen in battle. Though he may be gone, his dark spirit will live on through us. And encourage us to get stronger and destroy those who took him from us!"
"Yeah!" the three older dark warriors cheered while Alistair remained silent.
"But for now, you must all rest and know the time will come when you will have to engage them in battle." Ragnarok finished as he dismissed them.
As Alistair walked through the hall he thought, 'If that had been me against Dustin and all those others they would've eliminated me. I have to get stronger if I am to stand a chance against Dustin or even Negi.'
When the girls returned to the hotel Asuna was the first to have spotted them, "Where the hell were you guys?!"
"Shh, Asuna Negi, Rin, and Dustin are asleep." Ayaka shushed her.
Asuna and the others saw them asleep in Mana and Kaede's arms, "What happened?" Ako asked.
"And where were all of you?" Haruna asked feeling suspicious.
"Look can we talk about this some other time?" Kazumi asked.
"Yes, these kids have had a long day and it's past their bedtime." Chizuru added. So the girls put the three kids to bed and soon were asleep as well.
When morning came everyone was at Darius' training building inside a memorial room where the girls were sitting up at the catwalk even the regular girls. Down below was the whole spirit warrior class on both sides while up front stood Darius, Burai, Spike, Roswell, Zyphon, Negi, and Rin.
"So what's going on with this?" Asuna asked.
"Darius is awarding his top students for their hard work and determination." Konoka explained as they watched seeing Dustin, Elroy, Jade, Aria, Jethro, Alice, and Alicia walk down the aisle side by side.
Dustin looked at his friends and smirked giving them a hint. The other smiled and nodded and went form walking for the front regularly to walking while kicking their legs out from left to right while doing a double finger point to their fellow classmates (Real Ghostbusters ending sequence). They continued to do it as they reached the front and stood before Darius.
"Welcome my students, it's so good to see you all stand once again in my presence. As I look onto all of you now I see how much you have all improved, but I'm sure you'll all agree when I say these lucky seven students have proven themselves to have grown further than my expectations."
He looked at the seven, "Dustin Bowers, Jade Wallace, Elroy Zoil, Jethro Scott, Alice and Alicia Kingsley, and Aria Sanzo… I am proud of you all." He smiled and the other spirit warriors cheered while Negi, Rin, Burai and Spike looked at Roswell smiling. Off to the side Salem was crying his eyes out while McTwisp offered him a hanky to blow his nose into.
Later on after saying goodbye to Roswell, Spike, and Darius, everyone had packed and was ready to go to the airport, "I'll sure miss this hotel." Yuna said.
"Yeah it was a cool place." Kasuga admitted.
"Hey we can come back girls, you know we can." Dustin assured them.
"Dusty-kins!" three familiar voices called and he spun around coming face to face with the psycho hose beast trinity; Janie, Suzy, and Rhonda.
"What're you doing here?!" he cried.
"We heard you were heading off so we came to see you." Rhonda explained.
"You'll write to us won't you?" Suzy asked.
"Uh… sure." He said.
"Before you go, can you give us each one last kiss?" Janie asked.
"What?!" Dustin cried as the girls were shocked.
"Please it would mean so much to us." Suzy pleaded.
Dustin started sweating wondering how to get out of this until he spotted Salem and smirked, "Well… ok."
"Really?" the trio gasped.
"What?!" the girls and Negi gasped.
"But first close your eyes, it'll savor the moment." Dustin explained and the trio did so and puckered up.
Dustin turned and picked Salem up and whispered, "Take one for me and I'll owe you for it." He then made Salem kiss all three of the girls while Salem held it together. He quickly sat him down as the girls opened their eyes.
"We like the way you kiss." Rhonda smiled.
"Yeah well I got the charm." Dustin admitted while the girls held in their laughter.
"Well we'll see ya!" Janie called as the three left and the girls finally started laughing while Salem was gagging and spitting up before Domino, McTwisp, and Chamo.
"Was it really that bad?" McTwisp asked.
"They had toilet water breath!" Salem sobbed as he continued spitting up.
"Well girls we better get going," Dustin said until Domino cawed in fright, "What is it?" he cawed again motioning to look behind. Dustin did so and to his second horror found Clara the girl from before putting up lost posters of her so called dog Rex. Dustin's eyes widened, 'Oh no, her again! Wait a minute, what am I afraid of, she doesn't know me.' He sighed in relief until she walked close humming her trademark song which started getting on Dustin's nerves. Suddenly he couldn't take it.
"ENOUGH ALREADY!" he shouted at her, "I CAN'T TAKE ANYMORE OF YOUR FUNDAMENTAL FREAKIN' FRIEND DEPENDABILITY!" he calmed down, "And by the way, your singing stinks!" he stormed off in frustration while the girls confused out of their minds followed him. Clara was confused but shrugged it all off.
When they reached the airport Dustin stood with Negi and the girls while his close friends and Burai stood on the other side, "Well we gotta get going." Dustin said.
"We'll miss you Dustin." Jade said.
"Don't worry Jade, I'll be back."
"Yeah, he'd never stay gone forever." Jethro said.
Hey if anything exciting happens in Japan drop us an invite." Elroy said.
"You know it."
Aria approached, "Thanks for everything Dustin, you really are a true friend."
"Thanks Aria, you and Burai take care now," Dustin said and suddenly taken by surprised was kissed right on the lips by Aria shocking everyone around them. When they parted Dustin was in shock, "Wow."
Aria giggled while Alice and Alicia looked at each other nodding in determination, "Dustin." Alice said.
"Yes girls?" Dustin asked as both girls went to a side of him and further surprising the boys each of the two kissed one side of his face making his face turn deep red. When they finished Dustin laughed, "Sweet!"
"We'll miss you Dustin." Alice said with a blush.
Alicia smiled, "Take care you big goof."
"Always." Dustin nodded.
"Well our flight's ready." Ayaka told them.
"Well guys catch ya later." Dustin said as he and his group left the others.
Soon on the Yukihiro jet Dustin looked out his window seeing his home, "See ya round NYC, but I'll be back."
Mana was sitting next to him smiled, "You and Negi did well Dustin, I'm proud of you."
"Thanks Mana." Dustin smiled as the two decided to relax for the rest of the way back to Japan.
(And that's the chapter. Dustin, Negi, and friends rescued Burai and defeated Felix for good. But now that Dustin knows of Alistair's current whereabouts how will this affect both him and his supposed rival. And what new trials and adventures await the two boys now? Don't miss next time guys.)