A/N: Okay, really screwed up and totally deleted my story, so what I have done is created a new penname and I am re-posting my story. I am terribly sorry for the inconvenience. Here is the last chapter of the story. Enjoy. Let me know if I should post another story.

Chapter 20: Everything Comes to an End—eventually

Ayame walked over to her dilapidated sofa that looked like it had been used as target practice for World War IV. She jumped onto it and then looked at Laotsu expectantly, barely containing her annoyance at the little old man. "Okay. Out with it. Why the fuck did you, tell me the wrong fucking prophecy in the first place? What was the prophecy supposed to be? Why the hell do you keep making references to our daughter? As if there's ever going to be one!"

She was glaring at Laotsu and didn't notice that Tarukon looked a little downcast as she said that. Nevertheless, Ayame plowed on anyway.

"What bullshit did you make up about the stone? I thought the Astoria stone was the thing was supposed to help me, not fucking make me weak before the final battle!" She was really getting wound up because of all the stress that she had had to deal with for the last couple of days. "I want to know why the fuck—"

Tarukon sat down beside her and interrupted her tirade. "We both deserve an explanation. We are still confused about the human verses dracon verses dragon situation. Perhaps if you could explain to us, what exactly has been going on?"

Laotsu grinned and Tarukon had to physically restrain Ayame as she attempted to leap at the little old man and strangle him right then and there.

"Well, you see…long time go…."

"What are you? An idiot? If we let Sukeisa run unchecked now, then there will be no hope for any of us to beat him. He knows our secrets. He was a dragon once, don't you remember?"

Laotsu sighed. There was just no stopping Sani when she got riled up. "I know. But, what can we do? The demon-dragon treaty said that we couldn't come after the demons that are not actually doing anything."

"Not doing anything? Are you insane? He's raising an army!"

"Is that against the law?"

"Yes!"

"Is it against demon law or dragon law?"

"Dragon law, of course—oh."

"We cannot go after him because he is now a demon. We cannot punish him for breaking a dragon law when he is a demon. All we have heard is that he is raising an army. We have no actual proof. He hasn't hurt anyone and he doesn't have the power to do the dark arts any more."

"But he will find a way. Just you watch. Then you, and the other sissy members of that stupid council will see that you are wrong and that I was right all along. Just you watch and see."

"You see, long ago, there were many more dragon than today. There were two main dragons: silver and black. They control light, dark, life, death, peace, war and other thing. Sukeisa once a dragon up for silver position, but then he started practice dark arts. Dark arts bad. They were left over from time when more dragons, wizards and priestesses around. So dragon council, is eight dragons, with silver and black at head, stripped him of dragon power and body, made him a demon.

"He an evil creature. He kept dark arts and as demon, started raising army to defeat dragons. Dragons, at time, were defenders of balance of life. He wanted all power for himself. His army could not fight all dragons, so he killed them off. One by one. He would trick them into killing themselves with own powers, using dark arts. They smashed all dragon eggs. There no more dragons except me and Sani. We had to figure out what to do…"

"Laotsu! We cannot stop him now! I told you earlier, that if we didn't stop him then, that it would be impossible for us to stop him now! And look, who was right? Me. Who didn't we listen to earlier? Me. So, what do you propose we do, Mr. Silver dragon, keeper of the peace?"

"I suggest that we do nothing for this time."

"What?! Sit around and do nothing while he, and the rest of his demon army come to kill us, the last two defenders of the balance of the forces of life?"

"I did not say do nothing. I just said, do nothing for this time."

"…and that would mean?"

"That we find some way to keep him sedated, until the future, when stronger descendants of ours can fight and defeat him."

"Um, he-llll-oo! He destroyed all the dragon eggs, remember? There are no children! There will be no descendants!"

"Unless we use the Astoria Stone."

"Now I KNOW that's against dragon law."

"The Astoria was stone created to save world if dragons no do their jobs. It forbidden to use it, and there a tremendous cost to use it. Person who uses it, depending on wish, would pay dearly. So Sani and I thought of way to keep Sukeisa dormant until future, when descendants could destroy him…"

"Sani, are you ready?" The black dragon turned to look at Laotsu.

"I am about to give up my life, and sacrifice my powers to defeat Sukeisa. What do you think?"

"Um….no? You are scared?"

"Helll no! I am fucking ready for this baby! The question is are you ready? You've got you're little reincarnation spell crap ready to go, and are you sure that you've got the right century?"

"Yes. I am ready. Let's do this."

"Sani and I combined powers to finish last spell. But Sukeisa's army attacked while we perform spell, so didn't work. He not completely subdued, just sent to future, about ten years before you born. We send you two to future, and hope like hell you survive. That's why you dracons for while. So you have extra chance to survive. Sani put last of her power into stone and created a dragon, Sani, to be a guide to you later on. If you no find Sani. Sani find you. Eventually."

Ayame sat still for a while, just absorbing what the old man had just told them. "So Tarukon is now the silver dragon and I'm the black dragon? Are we supposed to join some council-crap or something?"

Laotsu shook his head. "There no need for that. Sukeisa gone so there no worry, no? So you no have to be in council. But you prepare someone to take place for when you die. So there dragons just in case someone threaten you again."

Tarukon realized several things, "I have two questions: first of all, you mentioned earlier that the prophecy that you told Ayame was actually intended for our daughter?"

"Yes. There will be problem in future. Your daughter need to find eight friends to fight evil."

"Out of curiosity, any particular reason for eight friends. Why didn't you make it, say, eleven and half or some other number?"

"There eight dragons in dragon council, which is formed when there time of need. Normally, black and silver dragon run show, and they elect replacements, but this time different. Your daughter will be neither silver nor black. She will be white dragon. The original eight were scarlet, opal, gold, jade, sapphire, amethyst, black and silver. But there no replacements this time. Daughter will be white dragon, a fighter, and she lead the other eight, who will be reincarnates of last eight dragons. Other question?"

"Yes. How do we know that you aren't making a mistake again, like with Ayame's prophesy?"

"Is okay dis time. There no rush, and everything right this time."

"And what if Tarukon and I never hit it on? Or what if we kill each other out of annoyance?"

"That not going to happen. I tell you really like each other anyway."

"What makes you say that, little old geezer?"

"Is truth."

"I'm sure it is." "Riiiiight" The two dragons looked at each other and rolled their eyes.

Laotsu stood up and started to leave Ayame's apartment (if you could call it that). Ayame jumped up and glared at his back. "Where the hell do you think that you're going?"

"I go home to have tea. See you lata!"

A pulse on Ayame's forehead pulsed. 'If he swears like that one more time, I'll beat the crap out of him.'

'But Ayame, that would be messy, and who would clean it up?'

Ayame whirled around. "I forgot that we can speak telepathically now. That's just great. Now there's more than one voice in my head."

Tarukon stood up and looked Ayame in the eye. "Ayame?"

"What?"

"Would you like to go out some time and….." Ayame's eyes widened in shock when she heard what he was saying. Then she rudely interrupted him,

"I'm sorry. I don't do dates."

"Who said anything about dates?"

Ayame's face contorted into a look of confusion. "Then what the fuck did you mean?"

"I was going to say, before you interrupted me, would you like to go out and train some time? Just some fighting practice, one-on-one, as they say?"

Ayame looked at Tarukon skeptically. "But you don't fight."

"But you do." They walked to the door and Ayame deactivated the security spell so they could pass through. "Sure."

Once they were both outside, Ayame reactivated the lock and they started to walk for Kurama's house. "Hey, with Sukeisa dead and all, do you get anything that was his?"

"Oh, that's right. I have the stadium where you fight. That was Lord Doukai's and I guess that as his 'son' I get it because he died. So I guess the stadium is mine."

"Are you going to sell it, or keep it?"

Tarukon thought about this for a while. "I'm not sure. I might give it away." He turned to her, "What do you think Gantoi and Joe would say about becoming co-owners of the stadium? That way, they can run the show and I don't really have to worry about it. Then I can get a real job and earn some money for once."

Ayame was quiet for a while. "Hey, since you don't have a house or anything, you wanna chill at my place until you can get yourself a flat or something?"

"Are you serious?"

"Ummmm…last time I checked."

"I'll take you up on your offer then."

"For real?"

"For, as you say, real."

They smiled to each other and continued on their semi-long walk back to Kurama's house to settle everything once and for all.

"So you two will accept the stadium?"

Gantoi and Joe looked at each other. "Sure."

Tarukon looked at Firenzy who was beaming. He should not have been. He was just denied the right to take part in the ownership of the stadium. So Tarukon gave Kurama a quizzical look. Kurama was going to explain when Ayame found Nara Ska in the kitchen when she was helping Yukina bring the tea back.

"AHHHHH! DIE YOU BITCH! I THOUGHT YOU GOT KILLED!"

Kurama's eyes widened and he stared at Yusuke for a moment. Then Yusuke muttered, "Oh shit." They ran out of the room and brought back a very angry Ayame. She was kicking and attempting to tear away from their grips.

"What do you guys think you're doing? She's the fucking enemy! She must die!" Gantoi and Joe sweat-dropped. Hiei just stared out of the window again as Kuwabara swaggered up to Ayame.

"That's where you're wrong for once. You see she's—" but he got interrupted.

"HEY! SHE'S MY SERVANT! I GET TO TELL ABOUT HER YOU IDIOT!"

"Who's calling who an idiot? You're the idiot?" Kuwabara and Firenzy got into one of those traditional fights, where all you can see is a cloud and a couple of flying limbs.

While they fought, Ayame said, "servant?" She stopped struggling and staggered over to the sofa and looked at Yusuke and Kurama. "What does he mean by servant?"

Kurama explained. "When Nara Ska killed Calisandra, the ownership bond that was between her and Calisandra switched to Firenzy. So now she has to do what Firenzy says, apparently."

Ayame walked to Firenzy and asked, "So what are you going to make your fucking servant do?"

"I don't know! Maybe she'll play a game with me!" Firenzy was suddenly thoughtful. "Maybe we can go traveling!"

Smiling cruelly at Nara Ska, she turned to Firenzy, "Have you ever been to Sea World?"

"Sea World?! You mean the place with all the pretty dolphins?! And the cute little stuffed animals that look like fish?!"

"That's the place."

"LET'S GO NARA SKA! WE'RE GOING TO SEA WORLD!" Grabbing her arm, he yanked her out the door. Ayame started laughing as she watched them go down the street. Before they disappeared, she clearly heard in a whispering voice, "I will get you back for this." Nara Ska's threat caused Ayame to laugh some more at the demons misfortune.

Closing the door, she encountered Kurama. "Was that really necessary?" But he was smiling too, so Ayame wasn't too concerned. She followed Kurama back into the living room, but she walked right into his back. "Hey Kurama, why'd you stop?" Peaking around him, she noticed why he'd stopped.

Yusuke and Kuwabara were sitting on the sofa looking at some pictures. Judging from the way that they kept looking at Hiei and Ayame, Ayame took a guess at what they were looking. Livid, she turned to face Kurama.

"I. Thought. We. Destroyed. That. Camera."

Kurama backed up slowly, "Rest assured, the camera that I had was completely destroyed. There would have been no photos to develop anyway because you took the film out of it, so the pictures would have been over exposed any way."

"Then. Why. Do. They. Have. Pictures?."

"I have no idea."

Suddenly, her attention was drawn to the pair of laughing boys. "Gee, Kuwabara, this one looks almost like you: ugly and stupid."

"Take that back Urameshi!" Kuwabara started to punch Yusuke. Ayame joined in, "Yeah, take that back you asshole!" Yusuke hauled his ass out of there and ran for his life. But he tripped over Tarukon's leg.

"Oh, I'm sorry, was I in your way?" Tarukon smiled sweetly in Yusuke's direction while the spirit detective just glared at the other boy. Then everyone watched as the pictures, which had flown out of his hands, landed on the floor. There was a long pause, before Joe, Tarukon, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Ayame, Yukina, Botan, and Koenma all jumped in and reached for the pictures.

After a few minutes of madness, everyone realized that the pictures were not, in fact, on the person of anyone who was fighting for them. Then they noticed that Hiei had the pictures. He threw them into the air, and before anyone could catch them, he whipped out his katana and had sliced them into shreds.

Ayame sighed. "Well at least, those are gone." Then she noticed that Hiei was smirking. "What the hell?"

"Are you stupid as well as weak? You don't think that I would destroy all the photos, do you? This way, I have blackmail."

Before she had a chance to destroy the little midget, he blurred away. "Damn you, little fucking creep!" She stomped over to the sofa and sulked for a bit. Tarukon put an arm around her shoulders. "Don't worry about it. He's only joking. Besides, even if he did have photos, he'd have the wrong ones."

Ayame looked at him, "What the fuck are you talking about?"

Tarukon smiled and pulled out a pack of pictures. "In the madness, I switched the pictures for ones of me at my graduation. So these are the ones that Yusuke and Kuwabara were originally looking at." Ayame grabbed for them but Tarukon held them over his head. "You can't reach them, can you, shorty?"

"Why I ought to—" but Yusuke grabbed the pictures and Tarukon ran after him, to get the pictures back. Ayame chased Tarukon and everyone sweat-dropped except for Kuwabara who had gotten trampled in the picture-madness and was asking Yukina to heal him.

Laotsu watched the people, especially Ayame as she tried to get them back from Yusuke. Closing the door, he walked out to Kurama's back yard. There, he raised his arm and Sani landed on it.

"Well, Sani. I think our jobs are done here." The little dragon looked him in the eye.

'I told you that it would work. And thank god, you got rid of that stupid, 'me no speak English' accent. It was driving me crazy.'

Laotsu grinned, "Being a little dragon hasn't changed you at all, has it, Sani?"

'No, but I'll be glad when I can finally be myself again.' There was a flash of light and where an old man and a small dragon had stood, was sunlight. "They had finally left the earth. As their spirits traveled upward, a beautiful sun set in the distance. The adventure was over, the story was completed."

"Ogre! Stop playing with the narrating microphone, or I'll have you fired!"

"Yes Koenma sir! Just when I thought the job couldn't get any worse."

"I heard that Ogre!"

"Yes, Koenma sir!"

A/n: And that's it. Hope you enjoyed it. ~Killersmurf.