A line break will represent a change of PoV (or whatever you want to call it) I will write who the new PoV is, though.

Thanks again to everyone who reads, reviews, and enjoys this I hope you all like this chapter, It's probably my favorite (and not just because of what happens at the end! Haha) because I've had it in my mind since I started this story... I think it turned pretty good...

WARNING: A little spoiler about Rin from volume 18 when she comes in... A tiny one

I don't know if you'd consider this ending a cliffhanger, but maybe I should make sure it is just to uphold my title as "The Queen of Cliffies"... Thanks Tifa! But, yeah, I didn't change it xD

Hatori-san

As soon as Hatori slipped the small key into the lock of the door to Kyo's cell, he had the overwhelming feeling that this was only going to end badly. How else could it end? This was going to e bad for at least one person. Tohru would get caught, or she would never find another time to come back, or Akito would find out about Hatori letting someone in, even if she just thought it was Kazuma, and would punish him.

But he still opened the door for Tohru and couldn't help frowning at her expression. She looked scared, but also hopeful, and, in Hatori's opinion, hope at this point was useless.

But then again, Hatori probably wasn't the best person to ask about hope and love, a thing that everyone had seen blossoming between Kyo and Tohru before Tohru's memories were erased. After all, his experience with both made left him a little bitter and jaded.

But he still wrapped his hand around the doorknob of the cat's prison, twisted it, and pushed the door open because of one thing. Guilt.

Hatori was no stranger to guilt. He had felt less guilt than when he erased Tohru's memories when he had to erase the memories of Yuki's friends all those years ago and that was awful. This was a thousand times worse. He had seen the pain on just Yuki's face when he erased his friends' memories, but this affected the whole Sohma family. He hadn't wanted to cause misery for the whole family, why would he have wanted to inflict so much pain on everyone? He didn't want to erase her memories, but there was nothing else to do, and so when Tohru had come to him asking for help, he had practically jumped at the chance to relieve some of these awful feelings. But he was only now thinking about how awful the consequences of this could be.

Hatori stepped away from the door and mumbled a half-hearted, "Good luck," to Tohru. He did want Tohru to help Kyo in some way. Even if there was nothing she could do, it would be good for them to see each other, for Kyo to know that Tohru had her memories back. He sighed, he knew something like this was going to happen and despite that fact that he thought Tohru, Kyo, and the rest of the family were due for some happiness with each other, he knew something bad was going to happen.

But, never the less, Hatori tried to suppress a frown as Tohru went inside and Kazuma told her he was going to shut the door. Hatori held out the key to Kazuma and said softly, "You should probably lock the door. If Akito does come, then while he's unlocking the door Tohru might have time to hide." He knew there was a bathtub and few thins like that inside.

Kazuma smiled slightly and said, "Thank you." Hatori just nodded and started back down the hill toward the main house hastily, his mind full of worries.

"Oof." With is mind being so distracted, Hatori hadn't been looking where he was walking and, about half way back to the house, had run right into Akito. Splendid. His mind raced to come up with a reason for being around here, he could tell Akito was going to ask him by the curious and annoyed expression on her face. "Oh, Akito, there you are. I was just wondering , because, ah, it's time for your check up and I have a shot to give to you." Everything he had just said was a form of the truth... Sort of.

"That can wait," Akito told him, seeming to accept his explination and starting back up the hill, "until after I'm done visiting the cat again. He hasn't received any real punishment for the incident earlier. It's hard to do much when that Kazuma is around, he makes such a fuss." No! Things were about to get messy...

Hatori jogged to catch up with Akito and scrambled to come up with something to make her stop and slow down. Hope fully Kazuma could see her by now. "But this is important. We've been putting this off for too long already and you could get sick."

Akito stopped, almost causing Hatori to run into her again, and glared at him suspiciously, her dark eyes icy. "Is there something you should be telling me, Hatori?"

Hatori was silent for a minute and then responed with, "Such as..."

"Such as that." They had rounded a bend and now the cat's room was in plain sight... And so was Kazuma standing in front of the door. Akito had her arm stretched out and was pointing toward the building, But she didn't wait for an answer, she just walked the rest of way to the cat's house, and Hatori followed, trying to keep panic or worry off his face.

"Hello again, Kazuma-san." Akito had stopped in front of Kazuma and was not trying to keep the anger off of her face. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to see my son," Kazuma replied coolly. He stared calmly back into Akito's glare, not looking troubled in the slightest. Maybe Tohru had already gotten out. "I gave it some more thought and decided that since the day isn't over I'm going to go back in there until it is."

Akito laughed harshly. "Your son? Well, whatever you consider that thing you don't get to see him. Hatori, escort Kazuma out."

Hatori couldn't really protest so he walked over to Kazuma and put a hand on his arm, but he knew that if Kazuma really wanted to then he could most likely overtake Hatori and Akito, too. He pulled on Kazuma's arm lightly as Akito put her own key in the door and opened it.

It turned out that Tohru didn't get out before Akito got there. She was standing with a transformed Kyo in her arms, both of the looking like deer caught in the headlights of a car, their eyes wide and fearful.

"What this?" Akito was obviously angry, and if she was surprised then she was hiding it well. "What are you doing here?" What happened next happened quickly. Almost too quickly to, when thinking back, put everything in the right order.

Akito strode into the room, stepping over Kyo's clothes, and grabbed Tohru's elbow and pulled her toward to door.

"Ah, Kyo-kun!" Tohru said as the force of the pull caused her to drop Kyo. She was trying to pull away, but didn't seem strong enough.

Then it happened. Akito was dragging Tohru back outside and simply slipped. She must have misstepped, but her foot landed right on top of Kyo bracelet, her feet flew out from under her, and she flew forward, letting go of Tohru. Tohru jumped back and then there was a cracking noise. Akito was lying face down on the ground. She hadn't even put put her arms to catch herself.

Shigure-san

"Sensei! Sensei, please write!" Shigure sighed and looked up at Mitchan, his editor. "You only have ten pages left, please just finish!"

Shigure shrugged and grinned. What could he say? He wasn't in a writing mood... He was in a... Torment-his-editor mood. "How can I write with you hovering around like some vulture?" He asked innocently.

"Please, please, please!" Mitchan looked close to tears, a mental breakdown, and threatening to kill herself. All amusing things to watch, but Shigure picked up the pen and rested his elbows on the desk in front of him, giving off the impression that he was thinking. He wasn't though, he already knew how was going to end Summer Colored Sigh- The Novel. It would of course be the same way as always, with a steamy love scene.

"Moving! You're moving! Move the pen to the paper!"

"As you wish... Will you get out of my house when I finish?" Shigure laughed as Mitchan made a noise between a yell and sobbing. She had in fact been saying she wanted to leave his house for the past few hours. After that Shigure decided Mitchan deserved at least a little happiness... He wasn't heartless after all.

"Hello, Norio." Reina walked into Norio's room, smiling at the irony of this. Her name meant "Pure" and his "A man of principles," each a thing they were not.

He answered with a hello of his own and smiled seductively as she sat down on the bed next to him-

"Oh! Oh my God!" Shigure couldn't hold back the yell as a horrible pain ripped through his chest. His hand flew to his chest, it felt like someone was cutting out his heart.

"Sensei, pretending to have a heart attack doesn't work on me anymore just- Sensei?!" Mitchan's voice turned from bored to alarmed as Shigure stood up and then collapsed, unable to stand up with the pain.

"God!" He repeated, not entirely as a swear. His vision went hazy and saw Akito falling, then blood, and could hear Hatori yelling. "Phone!" He choked out, he was suddenly having a hard time talking.

"Sh-should I call 9-1-1?!"

"No! J-just dial this number and... Hand me the phone." This was happening because something awful had happened to Akito, Shigure could tell. With some difficulty he relayed the number to Mitchan and then took the phone from her.

"Hello?" Hatori's voice answered after about four or five rings. He sounded frantic.

"Ha-Hatori," Shigure stammered out, he was having trouble breathing through the pain. Why wasn't Hatori hurting this much? Shouldn't this feeling be happening to all the Zodiac members? "What... happened?"

"Akito fell. She hit her head on the part of the door frame that was sticking up from the floor. I'm taking her to the hospital, but I think... I think she'll be okay."

"She's dying, dammit!" Shigure suddenly knew. He hadn't felt this way when Akito had just gotten hurt or sick, but now... Now he felt like he was dying himself. This wasn't just an injury it was a fatal injury. She couldn't go! Shigure, despite always tormenting and purposely hurting her, he loved Akito. He loved her more than anything. That fact was the "honest and unshakable truth."

Hatori said something like he was suddenly feeling hopeful about something or other, but Shigure didn't hear. he had to get to the hospital. Grimacing against the intense pain, he stood up and started hobbling toward the the door, every intent of going to his car in mind.

"Sensei!" He had forgotten all about Mitchan. What must she be thinking now? Shigure rolling around in pain on the floor, for real this time. "Wh-Where are you going?"

"Hospital," he told her, not realizing that she thought he meant he needed to go get treated at the hospital himself.

"I'll drive!" Mitchan offered quickly. He just shrugged and Mitchan took his arm and helped him to her car.

Isuzu-san

Bliss. Rin was feeling complete happiness, something that she hadn't experienced in a while. But bliss wasn't hard to feel when she had accepted Haru back into her life and she was sitting in his lap, his arms were around her, and their lips were locked... And no one else was home. Perfect.

Rin pulled away from him slightly and mumbled, "Haru, Shishan could be home any minute."

Haru turned his eyes up to meet hers and whispered back, "But he's not yet."

True, true. Rin leaned back in toward him and their lips met again... But then she did something completely uncharacteristic, she giggled. Right in the middle of their kiss, too.

This time it was Haru who pulled away. "What's so funny?" But he was smiling too.

She laughed again and then hopped off of his lap. She suddenly felt... Happier. It wasn't the same peaceful happiness she was just experienced... This was more ecstatic. Something good was happening, but she couldn't tell what. "Do you feel that, too?"

Haru stood, stretched, and nodded. "I'm really happy about... Something." This was so strange. Rin laughing and Haru smiling...

"Maybe Akito is dying," Rin joked, half hoping it was true. They both hated, well hated as much as they could, Akito.

Haru chuckled and wrapped his arms around Rin again. Rin smiled and leaned her head against his chest, humming softly. "Let's go for a walk," she suggested, suddenly realizing she had a lot of extra energy.

Haru agreed and they put their coats on and went outside, still smiling.

But after walking down the street for a few minutes, the happiness disappeared, leaving a gaping, empty hole.

"Don't go..." Rin dropped to her knees on the hard pavement and put her face in her hands, sobbing uncontrollably and unwillingly. She could tell exactly what ha happened, and thought she should be happier, but, try as she might, all she could do was cry...

Shigure-san

He was at the hospital and the pain in Shigure's chest had ony gotten worse, but he had convince Mitchan to just drop him off there. But on another bad note, a young female doctor was trying to help him. Under normal circumstances that wouldn't have been a problem, but this woman was trying to convince him to get the apparent pain he was in tested. "I'm not here to help myself," Shigure told her, grimacing at every word. "I'm just here to see someone."

He blocked out everything she said after that, she must have been new the way she was too afraid to actually stop him from getting to where he was going, and followed the tug he was feeling toward Akito. He could just tell where she was.

Finally Shigure stopped in front of a door labeled 213. Just as he put his hand on the doorknob, all of the pain disappeared, leaving something worse in its wake. Nothing.

No pain, no feeling at all, just... Emptiness.

Then he was abruptly crying, although he wasn't one to cry. Even when he was alone. But this was a special case, Shigure hasn't just lost his God, he had lost someone he really loved.

He was too late, Akito was gone.

Fine, the end was a little sucky, but, eh, I think I did okay. The next chapter is going to be the last- Or is it? x.x