Okay... last chapter... sorry It's so short... but I'm really tired and fresh outta ideas... I need a vacation... -.-|||

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Chapter Ten: Well? Now What??

Main idea, rescue the hostages until help gets here... the other idea, help Elena, and then get every one back to their homes safe... but for now... Tora was busy explaining to Nightmare how to use the purl...
"So your saying that... this stuff might explode?" he asked, really, he didn't think it would work... eyeing the beast, Nightmare seemed if like he was following every move the orange beast made... if like... he can see him... he cant... can he?
"Relax!! It might pop really loud it might turn you deaf, but it would work (pause) if I could figure out a way to open it with out having it spilled all over the place!" he continued... Nightmare dropped his head (white thing, lines of depression like this -_-|||)
"Tora, what are you trying to do? Kill him?" scolded Shadow "if any one has to do it, I will!!" she continued, her daughter eyed her, silent... but then eyed the Russian female tied to a tree, then Mayuko resting her self in her mothers embrace... she was really tired and out of strength... Ann was lost in thought, but only brought up again from their yelling, almost catching the evil men's attention...
"What? In your dreams! There's no way I'm giving you this!!" cried the orange beast, shifting back his hands, avoiding Shadows claws trying to snatch the purl from him... more childishly than like a beast...
"Sheez!! Don't be rude buster! If she wants to do it, let her!" said Michel, as he simply picked up the purl from the beasts hand, then gave it to Shadow...
"F***ing Human, you don't even know what it dose!!" the beast cried in fury, they all just eyed him calmly, pause "what?" he asked, feeling a cold shiver down his back...
"Do *you* know what it dose... Tora" asked the temple boy... the beast hesitated, and then stayed rather quiet, tail flickering, cursing under his breath, really, he didn't know either!!
"Sheez..." hissed the boy... but then chuckled, he kind of liked the way the beast kept on embarrassing him self thinking that he's mister know it all!!
"Hey, isn't that Fuusetsu?" asked Asako, pointing a finger towards some thing... they all craned their heads towards where she pointed... it was him, caught by a few men, but with blood seeping down his forelock, staining his face, dripping from his chin, and a man behind him walking with a huge club, stained in crimson... seems to be the one who hit him... they couldn't tell the difference between his red hair and red crimson liquid seeping down his face...

Shadow's heart raced... feeling a rush on fury, she just had a firm clutch on her forearm, craning her head, she saw her mate, eyeing her... his eyes slightly more like yellow than gray now... sun light glowing, reflecting against his yellow eyes... she blinked him for a few times... ivy green to bright yellow... fingers drawing on her lips, she held back a smile...
"Nightmare... have you...??" she asked hopefully, he grinned and gave a nod... not waiting for a respond, he took the purl from her hand and climbed up a tree... then standing right on top of the one Elena was trapped tied under, he held the purl tight in his clawed hand, concentrating... concentrating... it started to glow faintly, then... he kind of like flipped it open into a slit cell... slowly he left it drain down the trees bark, slowly it reached the ropes Elena was tied up with... she felt an ease of pressure, eyeing the ropes, they were loosening up... but she didn't move, as the men walk towards her clutching Fuusetsu from he scalp, his arms flipped behind his back, held firm and nasty, almost plucking his arms outta place... she eyed him there... a single split second left their eyes meet... it flashed in the back of her mind... his body in nothing but pain, still, eyes as firm as a monsters beast, ready to blow up and attack any second now... slowly, he was taken away from where she was, the men took him some where beyond the plane, some picking up guns, clubs, knives and wicked things as the walked after him... only a few evil men stayed back on guard... she sighed... she had to admit it... they were going to kill him... but they will torture him first... but then, she remembered it... now a quick flash from the past, almost in black and white... she saw it...

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A little girl... dressed in a little light purple dress... with long blond hair and light blue eyes... [No wait a sec!! I just said it was black and white O_o!! O' well... any ways...] she was whimpering as her back slammed to a tree... a few leaves fell by her hit, as a boy with firm eyes held a long crowbar like a sword, panting as she hid behind him... a pack of 6-8 wolves surrounded them with nothing but pure hunger in their eyes, some licking their chops... the little boy had short hair but thick eye brows, showing a firm glare... his body was well muscled, though he only seemed to be about 14-16 year old, or less... she seemed younger... much younger, about 8-10 years old... she eyed their fate with nothing but fear as she whimpered scared to the bone... the boy only glared the wolves... both somehow harmed by the wolves claws, which tattered their clothing...

One leaped in a single streak, startling them both, but the boy got that and quickly smacked him on the muzzle with the crowbar almost growling... knocking out a few teeth, the wolf whimpered in pain as another jumped them and bit the boys shoulder, but almost a nip than a bite... the girl gasped as the boy was knocked from in front of her, as another wolf paced forwards towards her... but then, shutting her eyes in fear... she heard a growl, then yelping and whimpering of dogs as they got beaten... slowly cracking her eyes to see her unknowing fate... she saw it... it was him... Fuusetsu in full color standing next to her as a child, with his only leg and a bow in his clutch... he drew the bow in front of him, it was a single bow, but no arrow, slowly he placed a single finger on the single string of the bow, pulling it backwards, some thing glowed in gold, as a single line came out from no where, forming an arrow made of nothing but pure light, he set it at a wolf that jumped at him... he let go... the arrow went right through the wolf, and the wolf simply froze in mid air... but then... vanished like dust into nothing... she eyed him, then eyed the other young boy, as a wolf that was still alive jumped him... a quick claw snipped the wolf into particles... a flash of ivy green fixed them selves on her... it was Shadow... her friend the little boy... it was Fuusetsu... she only figured it out now... and Shadow, she *had* met her before... she eyed her young friend laid on the short dirty grass, messy with scars and blood, still he was alive, as the female beast paced soundlessly towards him, licking his face, he slowly awakened... he didn't do any thing, he just eyed her... as if he knew her from before... she only smiled, whispered some thing to him, then skipped away...

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Her eyes flashed wide... the ropes had just fell from around her, claming her to go free... then she heard a simple hiss, calling her from behind her tree... she saw Asako, giving her a sign to come towards them... but then, Elena eyed Shadow eyeing her calmly... she froze... silently gazing into the ivy green slitted plates fixed on her... now that she thought about it... every time she and Fuusetsu got in trouble, when they were younger, Shadow was always there to help!! Wait... she and Fuusetsu used to be together? Since when?? She didn't remember it well... she's Russian, he's from... where? She never asked!! Now... she drifted in thoughts... why had she come all this way for? She only knows his name that's all!! She doesn't know any thing else except that he's her boss at work... she always felt some thing familiar about him... she just didn't know what it was...
"Yo!! You coming or not?" hissed the orange beast, really annoyed of her silence... she gazed him... he didn't look that scary any more, not compared to Fuusetsu when he gets pissed off, then she eyed the evil men... they weren't watching, so she slowly and soundlessly snuck towards them, only to be greeted with Shadow's hand, led out offering her help...
"Sorry..." she mumbled, "I just got carried away in my thoughts..." she concluded... eyes closed, Elena felt a bit lost and confused, the rush of memories had her baffled... but then, a pair of warm cupping hands set them selves on her shoulders, only to lock light blue eyes with ivy green...
"Gain some rest... Fuusetsu can take care of him self just fine" she smiled "he always did... and he'll always will" she concluded, comforting the pale skinned human, whom only faintly smiled and gave a nod...

Somewhere near by, a loud yawl came... as a sound on howling crying and almost of curses and bad words came out loud... but then, a single line of light pinned its self to the tree they were standing near... it was an arrow made of light... but then, it blew up into dust... dancing with the sunlight... Shadow drew her gaze upwards in search of her mate... he wasn't there... her eyes widened...
"Nightmare..." she whispered to her self... then took a step forwards, only to be yanked back by the orange beast, clutching her into him self in an embrace...
"sh** headed female!!" he cursed whispering into her ear "go their and your dead sweetie, got that!" he hissed... being a pervert, he drew his hands on her soft molds with a grin... yelping then cursing, she smacked his chin with a fist... Ushio was gonna hit him first, but the female was quicker...
"Darn it you over grown nutcase... stay away!!" she flushed... Tora only eyed her oddly... she blinked... "What?"
"Sheez, you cant even curse right!!" he slurred to her with a grin... she paused then drew in a deep breath, eyeing her daughter, Ann got the idea and closed her ears with her hands, eyes shut... "I can sure curse you God Dammit sh** headed f***ing a** h*** of a bit***ing *beep-beep-beep*" the last few words were a little bit to much...
"Ahh..." the orange beast worried, even 'he' couldn't say those words out loud... Ushio only drew a finger in his ear cleaning them... Michel and Asako did the same...
"Screw that" Ushio cut in, almost flushing "let's go check on ol' one leg, he might be hurt" he said coldly...
"Yeah, maybe look for Nightmare on the way" Asako continued trailing after her friend...

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Mean while, on the other side of the plane, Fuusetsu was leaning against some thing huge, dark brown and furry... he had a bow in his hand, panting, and a lot of dead human corps scattered in front of him...
"God forgive me... I never wanted it to end this way" he scolded him self, hand on face, brushing back a few stained locks...
"You were only defending your self..." said Nightmare comforting him... Fuusetsu eyed him slowly...
"Why'd you help me Nightmare? You know I could've killed you as well!" he scolded, confused... yet feeling cold from loss of blood and doing too much effort in battle... meaning he wore him self out and he's outta power...
"Many years ago, I vowed to protect the family... and I'm on my word" he replied calmly, then smiled...

They both heard the sound of buzzing... eyeing the surroundings, another quick sand pit came up, and a lot of bugs were attending to crawl up...
"O' no, not again!!" cried the one legged man... he was really getting a fit from all of this, really pissed of, he aimed the bow towards the sand, just before any more bugs came up and simple formed a single arrow, darting the pit's center... worms blew up as the arrow exploded... then, the one legged man felt him self drop on his back... he was outta strength... he used all what he had left to concentrate on the bow aiming on the sand pit... eyeing the sky... he saw something far away... but he didn't care... he closed his eyes wanting nothing but rest...

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A church stood near by on top of a field hill... as a young boy stood at its doorsteps... the sound of it's sad funeral song filled his mind... all he remembers it that both his parents were in those coffins... next to his best friends parents as well... they both are orphans now... she got adopted by a pare that never had kids, as he was left behind, cause no one could stand his, shall we say, outlaw!! He had his ways... no one wanted him around, even the kids from his age didn't want to be near him... and he lived with that... he really didn't mind it as long as he had his bow with him... the only inheriting left from his parents, that's all he cared about... until a fat guy with loads of money snatched it from him, claming that he bought it rightfully, but he didn't buy it, he stole it right in front of his own sight... he had his ways, and he wasn't attendant to back up... not now... not ever... but the pair of ivy green eyes followed him... he never knew why they did... they were the only comfort he had... and now... he just didn't know any more...

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"*Gasp* !!" Fuusetsu snapped his eyes wide as some thing cold struck his face... only to find Elena picking up a cold wet towel in her hands, the bandages around her head almost free... gazing eye to eye she flushed...
"Err... sorry about that, didn't mean to startle you, it kind' a slipped outta my hand"! She whispered as night covered them both... he only eyed her... the moon light gave her white pale skin a glow... he said nothing... she was blushing even through the faint light... they seemed to be some where at the side of the forest, craning his head around, he saw a few light flashing beyond the trees...
"What's going on" he whispered, voice almost gone... she couldn't help but brush away a few red locks from his tired face... their eyes locked again... and they froze...
"Well... it's night now... the police force is finally here, and every thing had been taken care of..." she paused "the other one's... the boy, girl and the beasts... they wanted us to join them on the journey back home..." she paused again "their waiting for us at the cliffs" then she silenced, his gaze fixed on her still...
"Elena..." he simply whispered... something within him clutched his breath... moving his hands a little, he felt some thing in his grip, craning his head, it was the bow... he eyed it calmly... "Taifuu" he whispered... feeling it with his fingers, scrolling allover it... he paused then, jilted sitting up, startling Elena...
"Fuusetsu, you shouldn't-" he fixed his eyes on here again... but this time, they seems somewhat... broken... there was so much of him he wanted to show, but he never knew how...
"Elena" she blinked twice "when did we first meet?" he asked oddly... she paused... moving her lips, she wanted to answer, but then hesitated...

"You two have been together ever since you were born!" a voice exclaimed... Shadow stood at a tree on her four feet, eyeing them calmly, but then grinned "you tow make a nice couple, ya' know!" she smiled at their faces when they both flushed...
"So... you've been there Shadow?" the one legged man asked, he knew she was there... she gave a nod...
"Your parents were very good neighbors, ever since you two were kids, you've always been together... until... the accident..." she paused "We're leaving now... are you two coming?" she asked, tail flickering... they eyed each other, then the one legged man go lost in his own little world again, only to be brought back by a furry forefinger under his chin... "Take your time, don't rush it!" she exclaimed to him...
"What about the other girl?" he asked "the one they came 'all' the way here for?" he wanted to know...
"I'm a fried they have to leave her here with her parents, if they took her with them it could cause problems ya' know!"

They all didn't feel like talking about it any more... slowly the agreed on going with them but only till they reach land... the way of traveling was by riding on Lord Miya's back... it wasn't a nice short ride, but it gave them enough time to rest... if only an orange beast and a temple boy would stop their fighting and stay silence for at least five minutes... finally they reached land... but not like how they left it... it was all in white...
"Snow!!" exclaimed the female beast... Shadow just *loved* snow... why? I dunno!! She just dose!! The rest really didn't... at any case... Elena and Fuusetsu decided to start a new life together; Elena would nurse her boss back to health...
"Are you two gonna be okay?" asked Asako, she really didn't know if they could make it on their own...
"We'll be fine child!!" said Elena, as the one legged man stood supported with his arm over her shoulders...
"Elena and I will be fine... I think you kids should head back to your homes, your parents are probably worried sick right now!" he said, eyeing the female beast, she just blinked "Shadow... if we ever meet again... let's make it the last battle..." he said softly, more like an order that a statement...
"Of course... I'll be waiting..." she exclaimed, glaring each other with a smile, they only gave a nod and walked away... and Asako would go back to her parents to see how things went while she was gone the list few days... Ushio insisted on letting Shadow and her family to spend the night at their place, the temple... though the orange beast didn't like it one single bit... the temple boy didn't give him a damn care!!

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The morning came... Oji-san went out of his room to make a cup of coffee, only to be startled on the sound of some one snoring really loud in the living room... hopefully, he opened the door, only to see his son, head on the orange beasts side, spear in his hand, mouth exposed while snoring... and a female beast resting on her mates side as the little female he saw from before rested in her arms... Oji-san was a bit startled... but it didn't matter, now that his son is back, it really didn't matter what would happen next...

Next morning, Ushio had woke up, saw his father, told him about all what have happened, introduced him to the beast family, checked on Asako by phone... and for his surprise, her parents thought that she spent all her time with him only!! And they liked it!! Hopefully she would spend more time with him... then he took a hot bath... feeling fresh and as good as new, he walked to the kitchen for a hot drink, only to find Shadow and Nightmare sitting at the kitchens door step talking, snuggling and nuzzling each other...

"Really Nightmare, we should be heading back, I wouldn't want to cause the boy any trouble!" she said softly to her mate...
"Honey, relax, we'll talk to them about it... but now I'm worried about one thing though!" he said... she gave a look like saying 'what?' he eyed her calmly then said "Kyofu and Jiaaku!!" they only smiled worriedly at each other, then sighed snuggling...
"God they wont buy any thing easy... I hope Yami can help us outta this mess!" said Shadow...
"Depends if she's still in one piece Shadow! You know how much Jiaaku and Kyofu want her! They both fight over her all the time!!" he smiled, comforting her...
"Yeah... too bad she likes neither!!" she chuckled "but I guess things will just have to go through the course God drew for them..." then she sighed... Ushio tried to walk soundlessly, but they felt him...
"Err, morning!" he stated flushing a little, they only eyed him calmly... he paused... "I was just passing by for a drink!!" he reasoned...
"Should you say it or should I?" Shadow asked her mate, he gave her a nod to go ahead and say it... "Ushio, we thank you for your hospitality, but we dearly need to head back to our home..." she said...
"We have to make sure no one tried to take over it while we were gone! Not to forget checking on some of our friends!!" her mate finished... Ushio understood that... his father seemed to like them around, not Tora, he hated sharing his stuff with others... as for Ann, she was a bit sad about it, cause she wanted to stay with Tora, she even asked them childishly if she could title the orange beast 'Uncle Tora'!! Ushio just loved the title, Tora didn't... at any case... they left... a few days later... Ushio felt a bit bored... eyeing the beast snuggled warm into him self in the warm comfy living room, deep into sleep, he smirked... walking towards him, he aimed a blow on the poor guys head, making it ring hard... the ancient beast really got pissed off, and the chase was on... until the door bell rung... "I'll get it" said Oji-san happy with every thing being back to normal... after a short pause, some one came in... It was Mayuko, with a bag of burgers... they eyed her with a grin... her parents have finally decided to cancel the 'moving to America' thing... and to stay back home where it's safe... every thing felt perfect now... until...

"Beast Barrier!!" a familiar voice called, as Shadow stood on the great stonewall... "What is it?" the temple boy asked... "You wouldn't believe me, even if I told you!!" she said... they eyed each other, the temple boy and the ancient beast, both grinning... it doesn't matter what it was... as long as it's some thing fun to do! So... they set of to their new hunt...

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A/N: finally... it's done... sorry for the bad ending... but I'm tired and fresh outta ideas... please forgive me... R&R... wait for my next fic okay... I'm thinking about a fic for Sonic the hedgehog right now... wonder how it would look like, since I don't have a DreamCast... I haven't played sonic ever since the PSX was produced to the world!!