Chapter: 10/10

Words: 768

Warnings: Ienzo POV

AN: Alright, all. It's the final chapter! I may make a bonus epilogue or something if I get bored enough. :3 This story was fun to write. I hope you don't think I'm rushing it too much. And yes, I did do calculations on the days. Ienzo started in January, went through February, March, and is now on the last day of April. Hope you guys are ready for this.

Day 120: Both A Little Scared

The morning of April 30th seemed just as normal as any other morning. Except for the fact that when I tried to get up to go to the bathroom, I found myself collapsed on the floor with a nasty case of Jelly Legs and Sore Bum. Aeleus actually had to carry me to the bathroom and help me sit down. I felt horrible for it; it was embarrassing. I did rather enjoy my good morning kiss, though, after we were out of the bathroom and had scurried back into his room.

Everything seemed perfectly fine when we came downstairs for breakfast, except that Xehanort didn't look very happy at all. It struck me that he probably had two sets of moans to listen to last night while trying to go to sleep, but I didn't pay it much mind. Until, of course, Braig made everyone pass a new piece of news.

"Psst. Isa broke up with Xehanort last night..."

We all heard it after a bit, and the man in question rose from his seat, leaving his mostly untouched meal, and headed into the lab. None of us thought that this would be as bad as it was, though. When everyone was finished with meal time, we headed into the lab while Ansem went to get some things from the stores around town. We didn't think a thing of it, simply because even Braig didn't seem all that worried.

The whole time we worked, Lexaeus never let me stand up. He had me on a swivel chair that had been lifted so that I was the right height to do my work, directly beside him. He would stop me every so often for a kiss, a touch, just something nice and sweet, and that soon seemed to get on Xehanort's nerves. He would bark at us to get back to work, and he didn't seem all that good on this whole love thing at the moment. I think the thing that broke him was Braig moving up behind Dilan and gingerly grabbing a handful of his tush.

I think that now is a good time to go into our experiments. We were working with the human heart, to see its true power. We had watched animals and people become Heartless, and we watched the Heartless we produced feast upon hearts. We did everything you could to learn more, and that included having several different types of Heartless around for research. Whatever it was that made Xehanort hit the button to release them is beyond me.

He was the closest to the release site and the first to go down, but he laughed hysterically as the Neoshadows and Snapper Dogs plagued the lab, tearing it apart. Braig and Dilan stayed behind to try and help Xehanort, and they, too, soon fell victim to the vicious Heartless. That left Even, Aeleus, and myself running out of the lab as if that alone would save us.

Aeleus had picked me up and slung me over his shoulder, running off as quickly as he could to escape them. Even ran with us, but after getting about halfway from the lab to our rooms, his asthma kicked in and he had an attack as his heart was stolen from him. We couldn't believe it, and he made a break for it, straight up the stairs and into my room. He pushed me onto the bed, gave me one last quick, loving kiss, then abandoned me in the room alone. He locked me in and stood outside, ready to defend me. I ran to the door and peeked out the keyhole; I saw the whole scene unfold.

He was swarmed by them all at once, he couldn't fight them all that way. The last thing he cried as his heart was torn from him was my name; and then the creatures burst into my room.

I stayed up on shaky legs and ran to my love, crouching beside him. I resigned myself to my fate, sighing heavily and laying myself against his chest as he began to vanish. I allowed those creatures to steal my heart without a second thought; if I couldn't be with him in life, I could be with him in death. And, now, this was a great opportunity to find out what happened to someone when their heart was eaten, too, right?

Dear Brain - Last Entry

I never realized that what I thought yesterday would become true. I did die in his arms today. I hope you can forgive me, but I won't be cataloging anything anymore. Goodbye.

AN: Yeah...I bet you guys didn't expect that at all, did you? Well...I'm sorry if it kind of ruined everything. I thought it would be a good ending. I may still do that bonus chapter, though. :3