hey guys...this is it... the final battle for the world's fate...funny what one nullifier can do huh?? ok...this is a very suckish chappy...haiz...i wish i had mroe spirit than now...but my uploads will be sadly slower now coz i got exams coming up...so sorry!!! i lurv all of you...thanks so much for everythin

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Chapter 11: The Final Battle

Mikan's P.O.V.

I strode forward into the moonlight as the AAO headquarters came into sight. Heavy breathing came into my hearing range as James soon followed after. Swearing, I continued to head towards the building where I grew from a defenseless, naive girl with no past to a killing machine with a fake vengeance. This place held so many hates for me.

"This is it, James," I breathed. "You sure you want to die this early?"

"With you as a best friend, my days here are complete. If I die now, I'll be happy," he told her with that lopsided grin of his. "You're my best friend, you know?"

"Yeah, James," I replied, giving a very rare true smile. This time, unlike in the past, the smile reached my eyes. I drew out a dagger and closed my eyes. I felt the auras that surrounded us. "They're here." I sent a dagger of ice to the nearest one, hiding in the branches of an oak tree. "Well, if I don't see you again, bye James."

"Ja ne, Mikan," he replied with that grin. I looked at him in surprise. In the past, he always had a dislike for Japanese. "Too many ways to say one word," was his excuse. "I got that demon mediator to teach me a few words."

"Hai!" I replied in cheery happiness. "Ja ne, shakei ekiyuu." Goodbye, my best friend. We both poised to attack like wildcats, hearts soaring and brave. Bravery that was faltering when a tear trickled down my face. My last tear. I promise I won't cry anymore. No more. Because this is the path I've chosen. I have to chosen to save the world from the cruelty they would hopefully never have to endure.

I smiled again and they pounced into action. Sickening crunches of bones was heard throughout the night. James and I worked together in perfect sync, never missing the beat of the song we found as our refuge.

Sakamaku gukan wo koete

Mada minu shinjitsu e mukau

Kako ni wa moutora warenai

Ima wo mitsumeteru

Itsuka wa tadoritsuku darou

Mirai ga hakanai mono demo

Anata mo egaku tsuyosa de

Sora wo kimi saide

(I overcome the surging space and time,

And head towards the truth yet to be seen.

I'm staring at the present moment that wont be captured by the past anymore

Someday I'll arrive there right?

The future is an ephemeral thing

But wit the strength you sketch

I slash apart the darkness)

Mitareru jiken yoenna nugi kyoku

Shukamo eien imikaseru kaze

(The disordered dimension

A bewitching drama

The gale that makes a moment echo eternally)

End of P.O.V.

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Meanwhile…

Natsume ran the length of the airport, Hikari fast on his heels. The Eastern Coast of Venice. They're battle had probably already began. His breathing was heavy and panicked. "Wait for me, Mikan," he thought, "Don't die yet, idiot."

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Her energy was wavering and she was rapidly losing spirit. Kayo Aori was no where to be found. She searched the whole building from top to bottom. She stopped running through the halls she had passed through four times over. She stared at the floor, imagining all sorts of faces coming from it. She fell to her knees as her hope seemed to flicker with every passing second.

Then, a light-bulb flashed. There was a room, its memory dim in her mind, deep in the reserves of the AAO headquarters. Kayo said it was the only room barred to her. Never did she mention what it contained. But a friend in the AAO had told her it was hack-proof and had a major protection shield. It was her best and last bet.

She got to her feet and clenched her fist. "I'll never give up," she swore. Bringing herself together, she drew her katana. Its folded metal glistened in the moonlight entering from a nearby window. "Until Kayo Aori is dead, I will never rest. But when she is gone for good, I want to leave this place," she said as though she was talking to someone. But no one was there.

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"You made it here," Kayo commented as Mikan panted. The protection system was finally broken after aligning her katana with every element, power and force she had. Everything she had was used. Sweat was all over her face. "I thought you'd never get here."

Without hesitation, Mikan attacked Kayo. She slashed like crazy and as tears flowed freely down her face, Kayo just simply sidestepped and jumped about like it was natural. "Naive as always," she tsked. She readied herself to punch Mikan. "Don't ever under estimate me, Mikan Sakura." But her hand passed right through.

"Who made the wrong estimation, Kayo?" a voice asked. "Me or you?" Mikan plunged the katana into Kayo's heart. She pushed it until it came out of her ribcage, grazing the lungs. But Mikan wasn't satisfied. She had grown accustomed to killing and this was sweeter and anyone she ever killed. She stabbed three daggers into Kayo's back, puncturing her heart, the lungs and the internal organs. She shot her head, her throat and every part of her body until the reborn leader of the AAO was distorted this time, inevitably dead. Mikan sobbed harder than she ever did. In this short battle, everything was determined.

"You may have killed Kayo, but I'm always here," a voice said. Mikan swirled around and found herself looking at he face of her old enemy, Hirai Itoshi. "You see, Mikan, I was serious when I said I was going to make you pay."

"What do you want from me?!" Mikan yelled.

"Simple," he snarled. "I want your life." He clicked open a lid and pressed the red button there. "And I'm taking it." He began to walk away. "Do you remember where you got your Teleportation Alice from?"

"A boy of my age," she replied. "He was in the Somatic type back in the Academy. Always got bullied. Went by the name of Rai Toshihii."

"So, put your brilliant mind to it and make the anagram into another name."

"What on Earth are you…Oh my God…" she whispered at the revelation. "Rai Toshihiii…Hirai Itoshi."

"Bingo!" he said evilly. "Give the girl a prize! Now, how would you feel if your Alice was copied and you were sent as a backup?

"Like I was in heaven!" I spat.

"Wrong answer," he snapped and he threw her across the room. "I must be leaving. Hope you have fun with the bomb!"

He walked away but never made it through the door. "No one touches her," Natsume said. "I told Kayo that…but she never listened. Now you pay."

"Natsume…" she breathed. Without hesitation, she stepped back. "Will you say goodbye?"

A/N: well...it was suckish...haiz...the song is by Kotani Kinya, its called Aerial and is shown in the Tsubasa Chronicle movie...lurv it...so see you guys in the next and almost final chppy!! Chapter 12: Even in Death Won't We Part