Author's note:

Hagaki: Here we are at the very last chapter. I would like to thank everyone for reading this fic. From that day, September 8, 2002, 8:07:41 PM, until now, April 29, 2003, 3:00:30 PM, we've learned a lot through writing this fic. We've faced challenges, discriminations, suggestions, nice reviews, endless nights of thinking the plot, aching muscles, stiff necks, ailments, researches, and many others. We are very happy about that, even though my sister and I always fight because of this.

We hope you like this last chapter. Some dialogues here can help people who are in trouble. Just reflect on the dialogues and our message would be clear.

Minami: Hope you like this. Again, Doumo Arigatou Gozaimasu.

Disclaimer: Slam Dunk is the property of Takehiko Inoue Sensei. We just borrowed them.

[ Sequel] Last Chapter: Heaven on Earth^^

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" Ta--Tamura? "

" Wait…that sound familiar…MASAKA!!!" Mitsui looked around to search everyone's reaction.

" The guy who attempted to kill us, the guy who was responsible for Captain's death, the guy with the misunderstood past…" Kogure's eyes narrowed after pausing for a while. " Tamura Itoe."

Tension filled the air, and as if lightning struck everyone present right through their minds. Now they know Itoe's daughter's purpose upon kidnapping the little children. She clearly wants one thing, a thing that the human instinct tells your mind right then and there when that case happens to you, a dark cloud that empowers and closes your mind to everything except that urge, the pain, and the sufferings…

Revenge

" Remember what Itoe told before?" Kogure said, looking dead serious about the subject

" For years...I've trained hard enough so that I'll be recruited someday...For long years...but, the cold hearted captain never gave me a chance...and even fought with my brother...that caused his death...AND NOW!!!! NOW HE'S RECRUITING SOMEBODY ELSE!!!!!"

Until one day, rumors were heard that the new members of SHOHOKU were great .The captain was interested and watched every game of Shohoku. The guy was watching too, and was envious. He was with the captain for so long, practiced inside their gym, and along with is brother who was a great member. And now, here comes this team, which the captain was interested with. He got so mad that he practiced roughly everyday, despite a heavy, uncomfortable feeling rushing through his veins, hoping he'll beat those members someday...but his leg was broken...his hope is broken...

" What I think is that if ever Itoe hadn't killed Nobuhiro, Kioko would haunt down Nobuhiro instead of us. But since Nobuhiro's dead and we are partially responsible for nearly half of the problem, she now seeks revenge on us." Kogure explained, gazing at the floor.

" Well, if she really wants revenge, why on our kids?!? She should deal with us instead!!! The kids didn't do anything!!!" Ryota exclaimed, flaring hot in anger. Kogure couldn't help but drop his narrowed eyes into a worried one, afraid to say what he thought about Ryota's question.

" I'm not so sure if I should say this to you guys, but…I think…" Kogure hesitated for a moment, but seeing those piercing, raging eyes of the others, he had no choice but to continue what he had to say. " ..I think she wants us to feel what it is to…to lose someone that is a part of your family."

Everyone was taken aback. To lose…someone that's a part of your family….

For sure, everyone knows that Akagi had been through that experience. He lost his wife before, and if his one and only son would die, it would be like the heaven and earth would fall upon his shoulders. But most of them never experienced that before, specially losing your own child…

" We could stop her plan if we move now! It's 5:30 and it takes 30 minutes from here to that old building near! If we won't go now, we won't make it in time!!!" Youhei exclaimed, waking everyone up from their fogged minds.

Everyone nodded as their response.

" But--wait! The letter said that everyone here should go, right? Well, we're eleven persons here. What's our transpo? Most of us here arrived by foot." Ayako asked, anxiety filling her face.

" Ayako-san, don't worry. Good thing we brought in our limo." Sakuragi said, lightening everyone up. " Hop in!"

Everyone smiled for a while as Sakuragi called for the driver of the limo. With a flash, the driver arrived with the limo and everyone hopped in, fire surrounding them thoroughly.

We'll save them, for sure…

~*~*~*~*

" Otousan, what are you doing?"

"Ah…I'm playing basketball, my dear."

" Bas…Basketball?"

" Yeah. It's a sport where you shoot the ball in that hoop to score."

* Toss* * Shoot*

" Sugoi!!! Otousan, when I grow up…could I be as good as you?"

" Of course, you could be! We'll enter the National team together…"

--

" Otousan! Okaeri!"

" Otousan…why do you look so…sad?"

" You're not recruited...again…Otousan…"

_

" Tell me, Otousan!!!!! Is it true? Did you attempted to kill Hisashi Mitsui? Otousan!!! It's a lie, isn't? You shouldn't be in jail!!! Otousan!!!!"

I couldn't reach him at that time…I was being pulled away from the metal bars that separated us…

He looked so much in pain

~ Flash report. along with the Captain  of the National basketball team, Nobuhiro Oda, Tamura Itoe, who was suspected of killing the captain and the one who attempted to kill the freshly recruited team member Hisashi Mitsui, was seen in the gym this morning dead, their bodies marked with gunshots and all. It was confirmed that- -…~

Dead? Otousan is dead.

~*~*~

Kioko opened her eyes to the red light of the sun setting at the west. She rubbed her eyes and stood from the seat rested onto the old pillar of the old building near Shohoku high.

She looked onto her watch that read Two to six. It's about time.

"  Daddy!!! Papa!!!"

" Mommy!!!"

" Dad!!!"

She heard shouts from the other room. There is where she kept her hostages. She didn't place any tapes or handkerchiefs on their mouths on purpose. That is to add the agony on their parents mind. We may not notice it, but a single cry of a mere three-year-old toddler can pierce our hearts through, specially if the cry in pleading for help. It's such a pity for someone living for just three years to go through that harsh treatment.

* SCREEEEECCCCHHHH!!!!!!*

She heard another sound, but this time, it was the sound of a car making way towards the small corner that served as a parking lot for the old building. Seeing it was a big, black limo, she grinned. They're here.

One by one, they hopped down from the black limo angrily, eyes burning with the flame that serves as the urge to kill anyone who's in their way.

" Finally, you're here. I've been waiting for you guys." Came Kioko's voice as she appeared from the low-lighted building, arms crossed over her chest. She wore black leather pants, black shoes, a white shirt underneath her black leather jacket. She looked like a killer in her dress.

" So, you're Itoe's daughter." Sakuragi stared at her with a hard expression that can make a normal person fall on his rear and cry for mercy.

" Indeed, I am." Kioko replied casually.

" Were are the kids?" Ryota asked.

" Don't worry, they're fine. Come with me inside, let's settle this there." Kioko went inside the building, disappearing on the low-lighted place.

Everyone looked at each others eyes, saying * Should we go, or not?* And then, after an approval nod, they followed Kioko inside.

" Kogure, stay with the women and guard them. We don't know what would happen." Mitsui ordered as Kogure nodded. The women and he were left right in front of the door.

" Guys, just promise to be okay." Kogure reminded, throwing a worried look before the seven men took off.

" Yeah. We will."

As soon as they entered the building, Kioko turned a single pin light on, and that light was enough to see everyone's faces.

They fell nervous even though they're seven persons against a single woman. She may have evil plans for them, and only she and God knows what those are. Kioko sat on top of the big, old boxes pilled on after the other.

" Painful death." Was the first word that came from Kioko's lips. She drew out a Wolfram P2K out of her pocket that alarmed the seven men below her.

" Do you know what this is?" She asked, polishing the Wolfram P2K on her dress.

Mitsui, Ryota, and Sakuragi just wanted to tell her mockingly " a gun, of course." But instead, they halted themselves queit.

 " Ah, I see. You don't remember But I bet Ayako knows what this is."

" Aya-chan! What does Aya-chan have to do about that?!" Ryota hollered out, hearing Ayako's name.

" Saa…she was there at that time. This is the exact gun my father used, stained with your beloved captain's blood, her blood, and my father's blood."

She shot the gun near Ryota's foot and missed it on purpose since that was just to test that the gun was loaded.

After that, she twirled the gun on her hands cheekily, but she didn't smile like usual cheeky girls do. She just stared at them, without any expression at all, her lips had no sign of curling into a wry smile and her eyes shone orange under the orange pin light.

" I feel like killing today." She said, gripping onto the gun tighter. Her eyes glimmered spookily. She had the eyes of a person who killed before, and it scared them a bit. But they reminded their selves that they need to be strong, or else…

" I'll make a deal with you guys. I'll release your children in on condition." Kioko's eyes narrowed before continuing.

"  You'll be killed in return." 

Sendoh, Rukawa, Youhei, Sakuragi, Akagi, Mitsui, and Ryota, were taken aback. They'll be killed in return? That was a hard one. They sure loved and cherished the little kids, but their lives are in vain. They remained jaw-dropped and silent for a while, until Kioko jumped from the high boxes she was sitting on.

" What would you do, Oh proud parents?"  She held Mitsui's chin and tilted it up to have a better glance at his raging face. " Oh, except this one. You're not a father yet, are you? So, you don't need to decide. You could just run away and save your life, Mitsui Hisashi."

* Pak!*

Mitsui slapped Kioko's hand heavily away from his face.

" Don't touch me!" He exclaimed, wiping the * germs* left on his chin. " And why would I run away? If ever, I'd give up my life for these little children, the children of my friends! We've been together for years and we're an indestructible team! For those years, they've helped me, and now, it's my turn. I'd give up my 27 years of living for these humans who lived for mere three years only!!!"

" Hisashi…" Everyone ( except Kioko) smiled, hearing Mitsui's honorable answer. He truly knows how to express his gratitude.

"  Yeah right." Kioko murmured under her breath. " Well, decide properly. Who would you save? Yourself? Or your kids?"

" We'd save our lives and our kids'!!!" Sendoh replied, looking at his back for the approval of everyone. As expected, they threw determined and approval nods to him.

" Idiot. How would you do that?" Kioko asked.

" Do'aho. Just watch us." Rukawa replied coldly as usual, deep blue eyes piercing through the orange light of the sunset and the pinlight.

" We're saying and doing impossible things, but in the end, we succeed." Ryota added, smiling cheekily.

" That was our way since before." Sakuragi said.

" Hn. Pathetic." Kioko murmured once more. " I'll help you decide, guys." She snapped her fingers and simultaneously, a huge man appeared from behind her. He stood almost as tall as Akagi or Uozumi, and he looked like a usual bad guy with all those narrow eyes and deadly frown. He had dark black hair and black eyes, and he wore what looked like Kioko's dress, except that it was the man version.

" Dai Ryu, do as planned." Kioko ordered. Dai Ryu bowed slightly and picked a big piece of metal over a small fireplace.

Bringing the hot metal along with him, he went inside the room where the little kids were.

" Wait! What are you going to do?!" Sakuragi exclaimed, kinda getting the point of the hot metal that Dai Ryu brought along with him.

" Listen…" Kioko said, finally flashing an evil grin.

What they heard next was just like hell in their ears. Cries of agonizing pain were heard from the other room, and what was worse that it was the cry of Yumi, Umeko, Yukio, Ronin, and Akina. They also heard a soft *Kssss…* sound, and that was like the hot meal was being pressed on the soft skins of the children.

" AAAAHHH!!!! I--ITAAAIIII!!!! Itai!!!!!"

" Daddy!!!! PAPA!!!!! Help!!!!!"

" Yamete!!!! ItaiI!!!!!!!

" Mommy!!!! Aaahh!!!!"

" Waah!!!!!"

" Yumi!!!" Rukawa and Sendoh exclaimed in horror, recognizing the voice.

" Akina!!!!" Sakuragi cried out, running past Kioko onto the locked door, forcing it to open.

" Yukio!!" Ryota joined Sakuragi at the door to force it open. Youhei joined in with the two after recognizing Umeko's voice.

" Open this!! Open this, dammit!!" Youhei shouted.

" Ronin!!!!" Akagi started to boil, losing his temper. He grabbed Kioko on the collar and raised her up, but she showed no sign of pain at all.

" Darn you!!! Stop that!!!! Stop doing that to our kids!!!"

Rukawa, losing his temper as well, attacked Kioko from the side, giving her a strong jab that sent her to the ground face first. She lay there for a while, not moving an inch.

" Damn you, BITCH! Damn you to hell!!! You're a big cowardly shit that does this kind of pathetic F*cking thing on our children to lure us and for us to be killed as a revenge for your damn father!!!! I should have killed the hell out of you a while ago, BITCH!!!"  Rukawa cried out.

Everyone was shocked, even the three who were banging the door stopped in what they were doing to have their jaws on the floor in shock. This was the first time he ever shouted and cursed so badly. He looked so violent, even more violent than the day after he asked Coach Anzai for his approval of him going to the US.

Kioko turned around and wiped her bleeding lips. She stared at him with another annoying look that made him in the state of utter anger.

Rukawa went out of control once more, hearing the cries of pain from the youngsters at the next room. He started kicking and torturing Kioko, and his eyes looked more of an assassin or something. Sendoh and Mitsui just pulled him back to prevent him from killing Kioko. True, Kioko is getting to their nerves. But they can't stand someone that is a part of their "Family" would kill someone. If ever, Rukawa would be just like Itoe.

" Kae-chan, calm down…" Sendoh said, halting Rukawa from what he was doing.  Rukawa came back to his senses after seeing Kioko coughing and all on the floor. With a " Hn." He turned around, not wanting to see her face again.

" Ha. I don't mind if I get killed by you, Rukawa Kaede." Kioko said, lifting her face from the floor to look at them.

" Because, if ever I do…you guys along with your children would join me in hell with a push of this button." She took out a small remote control with a green and red button on it.

" That's---!!!" Mitsui said, recognizing the remote control.

" Yes, this is a remote control of the bombs I placed around this shabby building." Kioko pushed herself to stand upright from the floor. " Now, you can't say 'NO' nor could you kill me. Because, moments later, what would be left in your children is bodies burnt down to the bone."

" ITAIIII!!!!!!"

They couldn't do anything but look at the floor while their hearts cry out bitterly. What should they do?

Well, they should save the kids. Nothing else is more important to parents than the only thing that they could call as theirs.

" We…we…would give up…. our lives…just…release the kids…"

" Very well, then." For a while, the cries from the other room were replaced with soft sobs. Dai Ryu went out; the smoky hot metal with little stains of blood in it was on his gloved hand.

 With another signal from Kioko, Dai Ryu went towards the seven men and tied them on the seven posts of the old building.

" The children! Where are they?! Do as you said, Tamura!!!" Sendoh exclaimed before he was pushed roughly on the post to be tied onto.

" Hey! Don't be so rough!!!" Rukawa (he was already tied) shouted at Dai Ryu, who ignored him a bit.

" Relax. They'll be out by now." Kioko said after fixing her leather jacket.

As she has said, the kids came out from the door of the other room. On their arms were marks of 2-degree burns; on their eyes were tears of pain.

" Yumi!"

" Yukio!"

" Ronin!"

" Umeko!"

" Akina!!!"

Seeing that their fathers were tied onto the posts, the children attempted to run towards them and to free them. But then, Dai Ryu blocked them and pushed them outside to their mothers and Kogure (Baby Akina is on Dai Ryu's arms).

" Oh my God!!! What Happened to you..?!" Haruko cried out, gently hugging Umeko.

" Burns!!! These are burns!!!" Ayako exclaimed, getting as teary-eyed as Haruko. " How cruel!!!"

" Here." Dai Ryu placed Akina on Midori's arms.  Midori was speechless and all she wanted was to cry along.

" Wait! Where are they? Where are Sashi-kun and the others?" Kogure asked, looking around.

" Unfortunately, they'll be killed in place of these kids." Dai Ryu said before turning his back.

" Nani?!" Kogure, Ayako, Haruko, and Midori exclaimed in unison. They couldn't believe what they just heard.

Kogure forced his way inside, but Dai Ryu was strong and he overpowered the bespectacled man before he could even enter the door. Kogure stood up again from his fall, but what blocked his sight was a PS1000 gun. He couldn't do anything but stare from behind Dai Ryu. What he saw was they, tied and ready-to-be tortured men on posts.

" Sashi-kun!!! Minna!!!!" Kogure cried out, tears forming on his own eyes. They all turned around to see him, fighting his way once more from Dai Ryu's block.

" Kimi-chan!!!" Mitsui shouted back.

" Sashi-kun!!! Why?! You could've saved both yourselves and the kids!!! Why did you agree with her?!" Kogure exclaimed as his tears flew along with the wind. " HISASHIII!!!"

Everyone looked down on the floor.

" Sorry…we couldn't do that because she planted bombs on the whole building. One wrong move can result to the kid's death and even yours."

Subsequently, Dai Ryu was pushing Kogure farther and farther from the door.

" We're very sorry…"

* Slam!*

Dai Ryu slammed the door shut behind him. People outside couldn't help but fall onto their knees and cry. No…this should end like this…they were happy until a while ago…They were laughing and laughing, they were having fun. This fourth year anniversary turned out to be a bad one again.

~*~*~*~*

" I guess…this is really our end…" Sendoh said bitterly.

" Come to think of it…if ever the both of us die…Yumi would be an orphan again…" Rukawa staed at the floor miserably, and cursed once more silently.

" HEy, guys. I wanna tell you this before we die." Youhei said, looking up the ceiling while forcing a smile out.

" Thanks for everything."

Akagi smiled. " I also wanted to say that."

" Mee too." Sakuragi said.

" Count me in." Ryota said, grinning.

" Maa…how sad." Said Mitsui, closing his eyes. " We'll be ending up like this…"

Kioko pointed her gun towards their direction, wearing a victory smile. At last, revenge would be complete. She'd be killing the people who caused her dad to suffer.

We've lived a long life of struggles.

we've lived a life of smiles

We've lived a life of mix emotions

We've lived a life of surprises

But we never knew

hat we'd end up like this…

At least, we've died with saving someone that is a part of our family…

_________

From that moment when we took her out of the orphanage, until now…we felt happiness. Our life changed a lot.

When he came into our life, we had fun though we always fight each other.

Though my wife died, he was there to erase my sorrow…

She was the light of our life, our angel given to us by God…

Reddish hair that resembled mine, a little creature that lived so far for a year soften our heart…

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Yumi looked around her, seeing mothers crying while holding their babies tight. She also saw Ronin crying, since his father and only parent was in there, along with Kogure. She then imagined her own Papa and Daddy beside her, hugging her tightly as they do. But when she was about to hug them, she only met air. ..

She couldn't help but cry out loud. She'd be an orphan, again.

No…She didn't want that to happen. Using her small height, she made her way through Dai Ryu and opened the door to save everyone who saved them.

" Yumi-chan!!!" Kogure exclaimed, seeing Yumi run towards Kioko's direction.

" Oh no!!!" Ayako cried out. " Yumi-chan!!!"

To their surprise, Yukio, Ronin, and Umeko freed their grasps from their mother's arms and followed Yumi. They tried to retrieve their children back but Dai stopped them. But another figure held Dai Ryu down, and with that, they became stunned knowing the person who was holding Dai Ryu down.

" Goodbye!!!" Kioko exclaimed, pulling the trigger. But before she could shoot, someone half her size held her arm, followed by three more.

" Stop!!!" Yumi yelled, pulling Kioko's arm down.

" We won't let you kill them!!!!" Yukio bit her other arm, that caused her to wince a bit in pain.

Sendoh, Rukawa, Akagi, Mitsui, Ryota, Youhei, and Sakuragi opened their eyes to see ashocking scenery. The kids were stopping Kioko from killing them. Despite their powerlessness, the kids fought to save their lives.

Kioko attempted to shove the kids away, but as she shoved one, another would replace the shoved one and the shoved one would stand up and take another position. Then, everything was put to a stop when Yumi held Kioko's arm tightly while the three jumped at her back, causing her to fall on the ground and the gun flew in the air.

" Oneechan!!! Don't kill our fathers!! They're important for us!!!" Ronin exclaimed, still sitting on Kioko's back.

" Yeah! They're important for us!!! For you, fathers may not be important, but for us, they are!!!" Umeko added.

" We love them and we don't want them to get hurt!!!" Yumi added.

" So stay away!!!" Yukio finished.

Kioko's eyes widened. Fathers…are important…I…don't want him to get hurt…

Moments later, Kogure came in along secretly with Ayako, Haruko, and Midori. They went towards the seven men's direction unnoticed to free them from the posts.

" Now's our chance! Get her!!!"  Youhei exclaimed.

" Kimi-chan, get the kids!" Mitsui said to Kogure, who nodded in return. As soon as Sakuragi, Youhei, and Ryota reached Kioko's place, they pinned her down and the children ran towards Kogure for safety.

" Wait! She has the remote control of the bomb!" Akagi reminded. They took her jacket off and searched it, but there was no remote control.

" I know where that is!" Ayako shoved the men aside and slipped her hands on Kioko's…uhm…bra^^; and pulled off the remote control from it. " Is this it?"

" Uh…yeah." Ryota replied while he and the others sweat dropped.

Suddenly, a hand shoved in and placed cuffs on Kioko's hands. It was the police who did that! They knew later on that the driver and Yoko called the police a while ago and it was them who held Dai Ryu down with a gun and two officers.

" Tamura Kioko, you're under arrest at last!" Officer Okiyau Toma said aloud, pulling Kioko up from the floor. Kioko grunted and tried to resist, but Officer Toma was stronger than she is.

" Okiyau-san, what do you mean by 'at last'?" Sendoh asked.

" Huh? You don't know? We've been investigating Akagi Oki's death and we found out that it wasn't just an accident. She planned it on purpose." Okiyau pointed at Kioko. " But by the time we knew it, she went missing."

" Nani?!" Akagi exclaimed out loud. Then and there, he wanted to just slap Kioko's face, but then, Ryota held him back.

" Let go off me!! That serves them right!!! They were the reasons of my father's pain!!!" Hollered Kioko, struggling from the cuffs and Okiyau's grip.  They even needed another officer to hold her down and for her to stop struggling.

" Behave! Your under arrest!" Okiyau demanded, pointing a gun at her back.

" Your father had leukemia and he didn't knew it! Itoe's mother requested Nobuhiro-san not to recruit him because his ailment would get even worse if he plays rough sports like basketball!!!" Sakuragi shouted at her.

" Leu…Kemia?" Kioko's eyes gradually widened as the word Leukemia absorbed deeply on her mind.  She doesn't know about that…even her father…

" Do you know about your father's plan on us?" Mitsui asked her. Kioko shook her head.

" He planned the same thing you did, Kioko. He planned to kill us."

" I…don't know…he didn't say anything…"

"Do you know why he didn't say anything?" Sendoh went near her, eyes softening while looking at her. " No father wants his own child to be involved in any danger he'd be facing.  I f ever he's still alive, he'd stop you even though his anger reaches hell. At the first place, he didn't ask you to revenge for him. You were the one who did this on your own. Think. Would your father be happy about this? This is his decision; he planned this on his own not telling his family members what that is. It was his past, not yours."

" …I…you're right….All these years I've been doing the wrong thing…" She then remembered that Okiyau had a gun pointed at her back. " Okiyau-san, please shoot it through! Kill me…please! I've been doing the wrong thing punishable only by death! I'm a shame on our family! My hands are stained with blood, and my life is ruined…Officer, shoot it!!! Sho--"

* Slap!*

Kioko was shocked when a hand slapped her face. Looking at the one who did it, it was Ryota, gritting his teeth in frustration.

" Yes, you've been doing the wrong thing all these years, and now you're talking about DEATH?! How stupid!!! Do you know anything about death? You're still young!!! Your hands are stained in blood? HAh! Then wash it off!!! You're a shame in your family? Then live and make up for that shame to be converted into honor! Right now, you know you've been doing the wrong thing, so stand up, and start life anew!!! You're mature enough to do that!"

Tears began to fall from her eyes down to her cheeks. The persons she wanted to kill a while ago were the ones now that gives her courage and a reason to live. She fell on her knees and sobbed more.  Everyone fell quiet and just smiled at what Ryota have said.

" I..I'm so…sorry….I'm so ashamed of myself…." She said, still having her head down.

" You'll be in jail for what you did, but as soon as you're out, you'll be fine, and we know that." Youhei told her, patting her shoulder.

" Oneechan…" Yumi went out of Rukawa's back and to Kioko's surprise; Yumi hugged her, followed by Ronin, Yukio, and Umeko.

~*~*~*~*~*

Later, Kioko was already sent to jail, along with Dai Ryu. They also found out that Dai Ryu was Kioko's BF, as in, Boy Friend.

Yumi ran back to her 'parents' and expected Sendoh to hug her first, but Rukawa blocked the way to her surprise and hugged her so tight that she could hardly breathe.

" Da---ddy---I--can't-- I--ITAAIII!!!" After a few moments, Rukawa noticed how hard he was holding Yumi and her second-degree burn was being squished under his hands.

" I didn't knew daddy loved me that much…" Yumi said right after Rukawa freed her.

" Why?" Sendoh asked, both he and Rukawa looked stunned at Yumi's reaction.

" Because Daddy would always look sullen, or he wouldn't smile often like Papa. Either I would always be with Papa playing or I'd be with Umeko-chan, Ronin-kun and Yukio-kun. "

" You know what, Yumi…" Sendoh said, kneeling in front of her. " When you were still a baby, your daddy never gave me a chance to take care of you. He always held you day and night. When you were a year old, he became shy and didn't want others to see him like that because your daddy wasn't a social person."

Yumi smiled upon hearing this and ran to Rukawa. " I also love daddy SOOOO much!!!" Rukawa smiled at her and hugged her tightly once more ( now being careful of the burn), digging his eyes on Yumi's shoulders.

Just then, Yumi felt something wet on her shoulders and Rukawa's back was moving in a sniffing motion ( you know what I mean..).  Sendoh knew what that was. Rukawa was crying, and he didn't lift his face so that no one would see it. He just kept on hugging Yumi to hide it, and Yumi patted Rukawa's back.

" Mommy!!!" Yukio jumped onto Ayako, who caught him and hugged him.

" You need to thank your daddy for that. He was willing to sacrifice his life for you." She placed Yukio down onto the floor.

Yukio fumbled his hands at his back and didn't know where to start, but he just opened his mouth and began to say what was on his mind.

" Daddy…Thank you…I don't know what to say but I really wanted to thank you…" Ryota just smiled and patted his son on the head.

" Nah. That's just okay." He said, messing Yukio's hair.  " Your still my son, and even though we fight often, I still care for you."

" Daddy!!!  Don't do that!!!" Yukio said, turning crimson while he pulled away from Ryota for a while, fixing his messy hair. " It's embarrassing…you know…"

" What wrong with that?" Ryota asked.

" It's embarrassing!!!" Yukio replied.

" It's not!"

" It is!!!"

" Why you little brat!!!"

" I'm not a brat!!!"

" Yes you are!!!"

Then, they started to pinch each other's faces very hard that resulted to another fight.

" Yare Yare. " was all that Ayako could say.

" Good thing that you came just in time, Yutaro!!!" Sakuragi hooked his arm onto his driver's shoulders.

" It's my pleasure, sir." Yutaro, the driver, said, bowing his head.

" We were able to save the kids ad you guys, ne?" Said Midori.

" Good thing!!!"

" Dad…" Ronin started, smiling. " Dad, a while ago I felt that mom was beside me when we were stopping Kioko-neechan from killing you guys."

" I knew your mom wouldn't leave you." Akagi smiled at Ronin.

" Dad, isn't it that mom is in heaven? Why did I felt her a while ago if she's up there?"

" As I've said, your mom wouldn't leave you. She may have descended from above to help us."

" Mom's great!!!!" Ronin exclaimed.

" She is." Akagi said.

" Mama, this hurts…" Umeko pointed at her burn, crying.

" Don't worry, we'll take care of that." Haruko said, hushing Umeko.

" Anyway, it's good that it's all over." Youhei said, taking Umeko and carrying her.

" Yeah, it's good that everything's over now." Mitsui said.

"  I think we should go back to our house or to the hospital to treat the injuries of the kids." Kogure suggested.

" Oh, by the way! Kids! Your Sashi-niichan helped us out!!! He was also willing to give his life for you guys!!!" Sakuragi exclaimed.

"  And your Kimi-niichan as well!!!"  Sendoh added.

Sakuragi place Akina on Mitsui's arms as the other kids ran towards the two and hugged them both.

" Thank you!!!" The kids exclaimed out loud.

Kogure and Mitsui smiled as they looked at each other.

" What do you think, Kimi-chan?"  Mitsui asked Kogure, smiling.

" I think…it's about time for us to adopt a child, Sashi-kun." Kogure winked back at Mitsui.

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So, a year had passed after this incident. Ronin, Yumi, Yukio, and Umeko were four years old. Akina was two, and Michiko, Mitsui and Kogure's adopted child, was one, or rather, turning one this day. Of course, another party was held at Mitsui's house.

Everyone had a happy time at their house. And if you ever wonder why their daughter was named Michiko, it was Sakuragi's idea. Why? Because when Mitsui and Kogure got Michiko from the orphanage, they couldn't think of a name. Also, at the same time, Sakuragi visited the two. They were thinking of a name and Sakuragi suggested MICHIKO, since that meant " Michi's daughter". At first, Mitsui didn't like the idea, because he didn't wanted to be called Micchi (or Mit-chin), but Kogure said that it was a nice name, and since Kogure agreed, he had no choice but to accept it.

One more thing. Michiko, when you divide it, spells like this: MICHI + KO. Michi sands for Mitsui, and KO stands for Kogure. ^^

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" Hey…wait…Don't you feel like the same thing happened like last year? Except that Michiko's here and the kids were not kidnapped." Ryota said while they were peeping once more at the same room.

" Yeah. Mit-chin's having his 'speech' again." Sakuragi giggled silently.

" But this time, it's about Michiko." Sendoh added.

"  He's becoming quite a poet lately." Youhei sweatdropped.

" You can say that again."

" Daddy! We got Koi out of his cage again!!!" Yumi pointed at Yukio's hand where Koi was there.

" What the---"

" Ah!! What are you guys looking at?" Yumi and the others scrambled at the door.

" Shh!!!"

" Wah!!! Sashi-niichan's doing it again!!!' Yukio exclaimed.

" Be quiet!!!"

Suddenly, Koi escaped from Yukio's hands and ran towards Kogure inside the room AGAIN.

" …When we were…AAHH!! The MUTT!!!" Mitsui exclaimed when he saw Koi at the floor.

" Masaka…"

* Bog!*

The others fell on the floor when the door gave in with their weight.

" NOT AGAIN!!!!!!" Mitsui fainted once more.

~ Owari~ 3:02 PM, April 29, 2003~

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Author's note:

Hagaki: AT LAST!!!! I've finished it!!! I'm so happy!!!!

Minami: Thank you very much for tuning in on our fic from To OUR DREAMS to HEAVEN? OR HELL ON EARTH!!!!

Hagaki: Doumo Arigatou Gozaimasu!!!! And as an ending, we would like togive you our BLOOPERS SPECIALL EDITION II. This is from To OUR DREAMS up to this chapter. Hope you like it!! We enjoyed wriing tis and we hope you enjoyed reading it!!!

JA NE!!!!! HOPE TO SEE YOU IN OUR FUTURE FICS!!!!

BLOOPERS SPECIAL EDITION PART II:

TO OUR DREAMS CHAP. 1:  Scene where Mitsui greeted Kogure and Akagi on the restaurant: take ONE

Kogure: Konnichiwa, Mitsui-san.

Mitsui: Konnichiwa. * Looks at Akagi, then faints*

Kogure: Mitsui-san!!!

Hagaki: CUT! What happened?

Kogure: The perfume was too strong for him. * Sweatdrop*

Hagaki: Change the perfume!!!!

TAKE TWO:

Kogure: Konnichiwa, Mitsui-san.

Mitsui: Konnichiwa. * Looks at Akagi, then laughs his heart to death*

Hagaki: CUT! WHAT'S WRONG?!?!

Mitsui: Akagi…BWAHAhA!!! AKAGI's WEARING…HAHAHAHA!!!!

Hagaki: What?!

Akagi: They sprayed me women's perfume.

Hagaki: Nani?!?!?!

TO OUR DREAMS CHAP. 2:  Scene where Mitsui's face was hit by a ball

*Blam!!!!*

Student1: WAAHH!!! I threw the wrong ball!!!

Hagaki: What?!

Minami: What ball did you threw?

Student 1: Director…it was a…

Student2: Bowling ball… * sweatdrop*

TO OUR DREAMS CHAP. 4:  Scene where Rukawa slapped the two with Ayako's fan

Rukawa: * Grabs Ayako's fan and slaps it on the two, but the fan was so soft that before it could even touch the two's faces, it was torn in the middle* * Sweatdrop*

Hagaki: CUUT!!!! That's the wrong Harisen!!!!!

Rukawa: …

Hagaki: Give him the right one!!!!

TO OUR DREAMS CHAP. 7:  Scene where the roller coaster would reach the loop

Roller coaster: *LOOP!!!*

Sakuragi forgot to lock his seat belt and was thrown out of the roller coaster.

Hagaki: Uh…Cut!!! Call the medics…-.-

TO OUR DREAMS CHAP. 10:  Scene where Takamiya would light up the fountain * This was actually deleted…*

Takamiya: Okay!!! One..two…three!!! *lights the fountain* *nothing happens*

Ohkusu: Oi, buta!!! Look at it!!!

Takamiya goes before the fountain and peeps at the top. Suddenly, the fountain worked to his surprise.

Takamiya: *coughs black smoke*

Hagaki: Cut! Make up!!!!

TO OUR DREAMS CHAP.12 :  Scene where Sendoh would * KISS* Rukawa

Rukawa: What the--

Sendoh: Don't look there…

Inches closer and kisses Rukawa, which is not part of the script.

Hagaki: CUUT!!! Sendoh-san, I know you like him so much bat that isn't part of the script…* Tries to pull Sendoh away, but Sendoh didn't budge.

Hagaki: Sendoh-san!!!!

after an hour

Hagaki: Okay, resume this scene tomorrow. They're still having fun…^^

 

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That's the end of our Bloopers special edition II. It Corny, I know.

Anyway, please review!!!!!!

Ja!!!