Haiiiiiiiii everyone! I'm back! Sorry I've been gone for so long! I was having troubles with my studies so I temporarily stopped all other activities but now I'm back up and kicking! So enjoy!

"All that happened?" Suki nodded solemnly.

"I'm so sorry, Natsuki, I didn't-!" Mai covered her mouth while Suki shook her head.

"It's ok. It's ok now. Thanks for even caring about someone like me." She looked away.

"Don't say that! Natsuki-san is a really great person! Because…you saved me…someone like me…who caused Kazu-kun to die even though he did nothing wrong…someone…like me…" Akane exclaimed before tears welled up in her eyes and she started crying.

"It's ok, Akane-chan. If it's for your sake, then I'll gladly die for you! I agree with Akane-chan! Kuga-san, you really are a great person!" Kazuya exclaimed, embracing Akane in his arms tightly.

"Kuga-san is always skipping school and all, but I know that whenever you do, you'll be in the flower garden taking care of the flowers there! That's what makes Kuga-san such a caring person!" Yukino shouted, shocking everyone slightly since Yukino rarely raises her voice.

"I've gotta admit, Yukino's right. Even though it was clear that Fujino would be unstoppable, you need the strength, skill and guts to be able to do such a courageous thing like trying to stop her from killing Diana and cause me to die and Yukino to be depressed over it. It's clear that you're a very caring person." Haruka spoke up, without any mistakes in her speech, obviously showing that she's very serious about what she said.

"Hey, Kuga! I know you probably feel like a crappy person and all but I can tell you with 100% confidence that I'm much more worse than you! I tried to kill Mai so that Onii-chan will fall in love with me. And I didn't try only once but multiple times! I caused her and Akira despair when I killed Genma and caused Takumi to die. Even though, I apologized, even though they forgave me, I still feel guilty to this very day. I thought so many times, what I did was unforgivable, yet how can they find it in their hearts to forgive me and even be friends with me? I don't understand. I didn't understand back then, but now, thinking back on it, I now understood how it is that they can forgive me. It's because we're humans. We humans have always been selfish, doing things that will benefit themselves more, even if it meant killing someone. But it's also because we're those selfish humans, who are always doing wrong, that we can forgive others, no matter what they did, because we ourselves, had been that way at least once in our entire life. You're the same, Kuga." Shiho said.

"Shiho's right, ya know. No one's perfect. We all make mistakes sometimes, but we all learn from it. By learning from our mistakes, we make sure not to repeat the same mistake again. That's why we can accept and welcome one another, because we're all equal individuals. And that's why we're able to accept you as our friend with open arms, Kuga." Tate added.

"It's ok, God will forgive thy mistakes and thou shalt be able to start over!" Yukariko prayed.

"I know that even though you seem so cold and heartless, you're actually a very helpful person. You sometimes go to the hospital and when you're there, I see you keeping all the patients there company and help them all forget about their worries." Fumi smiled.

"That's what makes this mutt such a kind person. Even though you weren't the one who caused Mama's death, you still visited her and even went through the trouble of getting her flowers to wish for her wellbeing. After that, you even troubled yourself further to fetch me to and fro the hospital to visit Mama. Geez, really, you're so helplessly kind. I can see why Fujino fell for you in the first place." Nao sighed and smiled softly.

"Natsuki, you know, you're the best friend I could've ever had! We've been through so much together. We shared happy times, sad times, angry times and so on and yet, we remained friends throughout. That time, I haven't told you before, but when you hugged me at that time, I felt even a little bit calmer. When I felt your touch, I felt your warmth, and how you were desperately trying to console me. It really helped. Thank you. Thank you for being my friend. Thank you…for being there for me." Mai put her hands together in front of her chest.

"Me too! Thank you, Natsuki! For always being there for me. For always taking care of me! Thank you so much!" Mikoto grinned.

"Suki-chan. Can you still deny them after what they said?" Saeko placed her hand on Suki's shoulder. Suki finally let out the sob she had been holding in and broke down into tears, sobbing and wailing loudly.

"I can't! You know I can't! After all they said! After everything that happened! I caused them so much trouble! Sorry, everyone! I'm sorry!" They smiled at one another.

"Natsuki…" Shizuru, who had been silent up till just now, suddenly spoke and walked towards the crying Suki on the ground. She knelt down and pressed her body against Suki's back, head on her shoulder.

"Kanin na… Natsuki… Kanin na…" Shizuru repeated that over and over again like a mantra until Suki's sobs died down and only little occasional hiccups were heard. Shizuru got up and walked around Suki to kneel down in front of her. She placed her hand on Suki's cheek and used her thumb to wipe away her tears.

"Kanin na, Natsuki. I didn't know anything and blamed you for nothing. Kanin na. I'm the one at fault. Kanin na." Shizuru said, her voice barely louder than a whisper before looking down at the ground.

"Shizuru…" Suddenly her chin was gently lifted up before warm lips pressed themselves onto hers. They broke apart after a while.

"Na…tsuki…"

"I'm at wrong too, Shizuru. I didn't tell you because I was afraid that you might misunderstand but as it turns out, you misunderstood because I didn't tell you. Not telling you was a mistake. I'm sorry, Shizuru. I love you, Shizuru and I don't want to break up. Will you accept my apology and come back to me?" Suki asked. Shizuru was silent before looking up at Suki and smiled with tears trailing down her cheeks.

"I will, if you would forgive me and allow me to return to your side once more." Suki gave her a tear-filled smile. Everyone around them cheered as their lips locked together in a tender kiss. Tate and Mai, Kazuya and Akane and Haruka and Yukino all followed suit and kissed each other passionately. The remaining loners, I mean, friends smiled at each other, everyone being glad that everything turned out ok. But of course, such a sweet moment like this just had to be broken.

"Oh~! This would bring me loads of money!" The clicking of a camera was heard repeatedly.

"Chie-chan! Stop that, I feel sorry for them!" Two Aois were heard soon after. The group turned to see two Chies, Aois, Yohkos, only one Fumi, the other four of the Kuga Kruger siblings (with Lyssa riding on Duran) along with the two Miyus, Arika, Erstin and surprisingly, a smiling Tomoe holding Miya's hand.

"Founder of the Otomoes, Himeno Fumi-sama?" Nat exclaimed in shock.

"Y-Yohko!" Midori exclaimed in shock as Yohko walked towards her.

"How did you-?"

"I brought them here." Yohko Helene said, stepping forward.

"Two Yohko-san?" Mai questioned.

"That's Garderobe's Yohko. Yohko Helene. I told you, we have counterparts here." Suki said.

"Well, I kind of followed you into this world and happened to bump into Midori but…" Yohko smiled sheepishly.

Flashback

"Midori! Oh thank god I found you!" Midori looked at her.

"Yohko? What happened? Why aren't you in Garderobe at this time? Saying things like you found me or, wait, you got lost? That's unlike you, Yohko." Yohko just looked at Midori, confused.

"What are you doing? That's my Midori!" Yohko Helene suddenly appeared and grabbed Midori's arm, pulling her away from the Yohko that was holding her.

"Wait, Yohko! Eh?" Midori looked at the two Yohko, her face twisted in confusion.

"Eh? Another me? Then, could it be that you came from Suki-san's world?" Yohko just stared at them, eyes wide in shock.

End of Flashback

"And then after that, I opened the portal to Suki-san's world and fetched some people." Yohko Helene said, causing everyone to sweatdrop.

"Tomoe-chan, aren't you going to go after Shizuru-Onee-sama like you always do?" Arika asked, completely oblivious to the fact that Tome was smiling and holding Miya's hand.

"Baka! Tomoe has Miya now, why would she still be after Shizuru-Onee-sama?" Na landed a blow on her head, causing everyone to laugh.

"As Nina said, I already have Miya now, Arika. I'm very sorry for what I did in the past but I've changed since then. Now, I only look up to Shizuru-Onee-sama as a very powerful Otome respected by the students here at Garderobe." Tomoe smiled.

"You've really changed so much, Tomoe-chan." Erstin said.

"Miya too." Na added. The said two just smiled at each other.

"Ah~, given how cool Shizuru-onee-sama was back then, I guess it's normal for everyone to like her. She's the most respected Otome in Garderobe!" Arika remarked.

"Eh? You didn't know?" Chie Hallard suddenly said.

"Didn't know what?" Arika asked.

"The most respected Otome in Garderobe isn't Shizuru-Onee-sama, it's Nat-nee, you baka!" Na said as she landed yet another blow on Arika's poor head.

"Ah~, I see, that incident happened before Arika-chan came to Garderobe." Aoi (from Mai Otome) said, letting her fist fall onto her palm.

"Arika, you're such an idiot." Mashiro said, appearing from behind Aoi (Mai Otome).

"Mashiro-sama!" Fumi gasped.

"Fumi, that's not her. Mashiro is with you, isn't she? She's your CHILD after all and I was able to call Duran and so did the rest of them so why not try?" Fumi nodded and focused. A flash appeared beside her and Mashiro appeared in the wheelchair with Nagi standing behind her holding the handles.

"You called, Fumi?" Mashiro smiled softly at her as Fumi hugged her, crying tears of joy.

"You don't give me a break, do you? I had to push her here as fast as I could when you called her." Nagi sighed.

"It should be an easy job for you though, Nagi." Reito suddenly appeared with Rad behind him.

"Rad!" Midori exclaimed.

"Reito-san!" Mai exclaimed as well.

"Ani-ue!" Mikoto pounced on him.

"Wait, Wait! What about the incident?" Arika asked.

"Oh right, I forgot." Na said.

"It's actually quite a short story though." Erstin smiled apologetically.

"Well, to sum it up, there was this attack flying towards the school and to protect the students, Nat-nee took the attack and got severely injured. She was in a coma for 2 weeks and Garderobe was kind of out of control without her and Shizuru-Onee-sama was quite depressed about it too. So yeah, when she woke up, she got many thank-you and get-well-soon gifts and cards. The news spread and everyone started to look up to her more than Shizuru-Onee-sama and she became even more well respected. That happened during my first year here." Na explained.

"Heh~, so that's why you said you panicked when I was first brought into this world, Helene." Helene nodded, knowing why Suki called her 'Helene' even though she didn't prefer it to 'Yohko'.

"Wait, that happened while I was gone, Nat?!" Mai suddenly burst into the room with Mikoto and Jyuubei, who quickly went beside the cat Mikoto.

"Ah! There's another me!" The two Mais exclaimed at the same time.

"Stop! My Lord! Takumi!" Akira's voice rang out as the door opened once again to reveal Takumi and Akira (Mai Otome).

"Takumi?!" Mai shouted.

"Huh? Onee-chan?" Takumi said before looking over to see his counterpart.

"There's almost two of everyone here…" Akira (Mai HIME) muttered.

"Ok, you know what? Let's try to make this situation easier for all of us. Shizuru, can you call the counterparts of everyone here over?" Shizu nodded and left the room.

"And now we wait." Nat said, sitting back in her chair.

Dekiakari! Well, this one's a long chapter. To me anyway. But oh well! Hope you enjoyed it! I know it might be a little messy at times so sorry about that and keep on supporting me please!

Omake

Lyssa(on Duran): Suki-nee, a kiss is something you give to a very precious person like when you gave it to Zuru-Onee-chan, right?

Suki: *blushes* yeah, why do you ask, Lyssa?

Lyssa: *thinks for a while* Then I can give to Yu, right? Yu is a very precious person to me! I want to give it on her lips too, like you and Zuru-onee-chan!

Suki: W-wait! Lyssa, lip kissing is done for a slightly different reason!

Lyssa: *didn't hear because she was busy thinking about Yu's reaction* Let's go, Duran!

Duran: *barks and runs off with Lyssa on his back*

Suki: *sweatdrops* Oops…