Though pregnant at the time, Renée O'Connor did practically all of her stunts, as shown in doc in "director's cut" DVD of these finale.
The second last ever episode of the series.
Final appearance of Borias.
Here, we see where Xena's hesitancy in "Sins of the Past" to bring Gabrielle along came from: Akemi said almost the exact words that Gabrielle did. "I'll be your student, Xena. You'll take me with you. You'll teach me everything you know." This was very possibly a flashback happening in Xena's mind as Gabrielle said "You've got to take me with you! Teach me everything you know."