Disclaimer: I am not Kouri, nor will I ever be. Therefore I do not own Ib or its characters!

~First off, for all of you who are reading this and thinking 'what the heck is this?' please go to YouTube and look up - Ib sacrifice ending - my fanfiction starts after the player chooses both Mary and Garry and Ib (eeb) rips the petals off her rose.

This is not my first, but my first officially started fanfiction on this site. Actually...this is my first published fanfiction ever! Please enjoy!

This fanfiction was meant to be an alternative to the "Sacrifice" ending of the game. But I decided Ib should be saved from death. Now this has turned into a full story that would make a terribly long ending in the actual game...

One decision created the rain of a broken rose.

Swaying, teetering, torn blood petals littered themselves around the dying girl's feet. "It's okay…" she whispered through a bittersweet smile to the horrified lilac haired man and blue eyed girl whose insanity was slipping at the sight of what Ib had done.

There was a single second after the last petal hit the floor; Ib gazed at their faces. Whatever laid ahead for her, she didn't want to forget them, not even Mary.

The girl's tragic blue irises glistened, open mouth clasped tightly by her hands. Her head shook in denial. Despite what the manic girl had done, Ib hoped she would be happy in the real world.

Then to Garry, his face pained at their eye contact. His dark, gentle eyes, wide with shock. The man had begun to reach out. They had been through so much along the way.

Now it came down to this.

It saddened the girl to see them so terrified. Ib's red eyes swam with tears at the pain twisting in her chest.

With faltering strength, she lifted her arms to push them away, through the painting, back into the real world where they would be safe.

Both were limp with shock, Mary was pushed back first. Within a heartbeat of a moment, seeing the quick motion in front of him, Garry rooted his feet in place. "No!"

Steadying himself Garry grabbed Ib's outstretched arm. "Ib, I won't let you!" He spurted out, unable to comprehend the situation. The girl didn't hear him, there was only confusion at the touch on her arm as she fell forward.

He gently let her down to the ground, while she whimpered at the sting of the dozen bleeding gashes on her skin. She and Garry made eye contact. "No..." A groan left her when she saw that Mary had also not gone through the painting. "You...were supposed to go..." At that moment she saw what she had done as her head fell to the side for a second, all the torn petals, her life strewn out on the floor. It was too late, but she didn't register the fear as weakness and delirium overtook all sensations in her body. "...I'm sorry, I have to sleep now..."

"Ib, don't! Stay awake!" Garry demanded, his voice laden with anxiety. He kept one hand on her face to bring her eyes to him. She was growing colder by the second and he became more frantic. Despite the events that transpired before, he turned to the only other person. "Mary, help me, please!"

The manic girl stood by, shaking from the tears. "I...I don't know how!"

As Ib's head lolled side to side, her hair lifted from the floor to reveal something long and thin lying beside her.

A small glimmer of hope filled Mary, she didn't hesitate a shaking hand to gently pick up the fragile stem which-to her dark delight-she saw had a tuff of red.

Garry hurriedly scooped up the girl in his arms. "We have to go, m-maybe we could-"

"Garry..." Ib stirred the slightest, hardly able to look up at him she just shook her head. The girl's breathing began to grow slow and shallow.

He knew what she meant. "No, we can leave. I'm sure of it!"

"Only two can leave, Garry." Mary fiddled lightly with the stem, something dangerous in her drying eyes.

Bright auburn eyes began to unfocus and the lilac haired man hunched over the child in defeat. "Ib…I promised you we would get out of here…remember? And we would-" His arms became abruptly burdened with cold weight.

"Ib?" The girl gave no response. Garry brushed a hand to her forehead to rouse her, she was cold as ice. "IB!" He cried.

After everything they had gone through, and within a second it was buried behind the image of the motionless girl. She was just a kid. The blued eyed manic joined in the silent mourning, an ache settling in her stomach.

"I promised." Garry stared passed Ib, the brave girl with the assuring auburn eyes slowly disappearing from his memories.

That was her sister. Was. What had she done? Out of grief Mary leaned against the wall for support but was shocked to find none as she fell through. No, through the painting she realized.

She steadied herself, surprised, then ecstatic as she stuck her free hand through the portal once again. Her eyes widened as a mischievous grin curled her mouth. Mary's mind wondered, just for a second; she could leave. She could leave the dark pit that she considered her "home."

The cold silence of shock running off the young man nagged at Mary. No matter how hard she tried to jump through, she just couldn't. The girl couldn't bring herself to leave Garry in his state. What if the portal closed? What if the real world rejected her because she was simply incompatible? What if in a decision to stay, Garry was trapped?

What if she became truly alone in an unknown world?

Shutting out her sadistic thoughts, Mary let in the possibility that despite herself, Garry was the only one who could keep her company. Maybe she could save Ib as well. Another thought was spared to the top of the stem. "Garry, we can still go through, come on!"

The man didn't move. He had no motivation to do so. No longer looking at Ib, he let every thought and sense run over him over and over. Nothing would ever be the same again.

Without warning, Mary with wide manic eyes grabbed Garry's tucked arm and with a cry leapt at the painting with enough strength to pull all of them through.

I know that it's very short (it took up two pages on Word), but I can't officially decide if it's going to be a very long one-shot or an undeveloped story...also I am currently busy and won't be able to update very much, but I just want to see what people think of the idea first.

What do you think?

Please review! I accept having any spelling mistakes, errors and grammar kerfuffle pointed out, but don't burn me in the process...

Thank you!