Kagome and Sweeney both gasped as Mrs. Lovett fell to the floor, grabbing her side, the blood flowing like a peaceful stream. Though, nothing was peaceful, nothing at all. The barber dropped to his knees, ignoring the pain in his own side as he cradled the baker in his arms as she hissed in pain.

Sweeney quickly tried to stop the blood flow by ripping a strip of the woman's skirts and tied them around her small waist, but the red rubies just bled through. Kaolin could only stand and watch with shock and fear filled eyes, time seeming to slow down. Her pain completely forgotten and the only thing she seemed to feel was numbness.

She watched as the baker cried out in pain, watched the barber finally showing some emotion for the first time she'd ever set eyes on him, panic. She watched as her father and his partner laughed evilly, and she couldn't tear her eyes away when Mrs. Lovett opened hers.

The girl had thought this over a thousand times in her mind. Though she'd only been standing there a few moments, she immediate recognized the look in Mrs. Lovett's eyes. The very same look in her own as her father torture her, a look of pure agony and misery.

Very slowly, time seemed to speed up. Mrs. Lovett's howls of pain seeming more clear and loud, along with the sound of her own fast breathing. Kagome blinked and the freeze frame she thought she was in had gone.

Sweeney had never shown any emotion, at least never in her presence. But as she watched the barber's breath quicken, his eyes become wide with panic and shock, Kagome knew the situation was near hopeless just by the flashing look of despair in his eyes.

"Oh, what a waste," John's voice called out, sarcastic pity spilling from his mouth with ease as his pout slowly spread into an evil grin. "to 'ave such a pretty face die us' to try an' save some worthless shits." he ends with a brutal laugh.

Before anyone could register what she had done, Mrs. Lovett had John pinned to the floor as she strangled him, straddling his hips and screaming in his face, "I SAID TO NEVER CALL MY LITTLE GIRL THAT AGAIN!"

There was a short pause before Jerry took action and yanked the baker by the hair and threw her to Sweeney. Kagome was once again frozen.

The large brute helped the inventor to his feet. "Why you Little devil," he muttered as he rubbed his sore throat. Again, another bullet sliced threw the air, then two.

Faster than lightening, Sweeney yanked Kagome out of the line of fire and jumped over her, a bullet hitting him in his back. Mrs. Lovett's mouth hang open in a silent scream as she was hit in the stomach.

Kagome finally screamed as Sweeney groaned in pain and she saw Mrs. Lovett's whole front splashed over with crimson blood. Only when she spotted John about to pull the trigger again, did she scream out, "ENOUGH!"

She felt everyone's attention on her now, but she didn't care. She looked down at the stone floor, her loosened pony tails covering her face like a water fall.

"I'll go with you." she said in a low voice. The inventor lowered his gun and looked at her thoughtfully. "You really believe I would be tricked so easily?" he asked in a menacing tone. "No, I mean it," came her grim reply, still refusing to face him.

"I won't fight, I won't run away," her voice was now strained slightly. "Everything will be the way it was. All I ask," there was a short pause where no one said anything. "is that you leave them alone." now there were tears in Lovett's eyes and Sweeney felt as if his ice cold heart had been stabbed with a pick ax. "That we leave this damned, God forsaken Hell hole once and for all-" here the baker gasped silently at the girl's colorful language. "- and you hurt no one but me."

John stared at her suspiciously, his brow furrowed and scratched at his chin. "And how am I to know that they won't follow us?" he asked, taking a glance at the couple on the ground, bleeding.

There was a short pause. Then, Kagome answered darkly, "I'll make sure of it." a chill ran up the baker's back. She had never seen the girl so dark, so much like Sweeney. The demon barber was also disturbed slightly. Things weren't supposed to be this way...

The girl then raised her head to reveal a smile frown and teary eyes that made Sweeney's eyes water. "I promise." There was a short freeze of everything before he grinned wickedly and nodded slowly.

"No!" Mrs. Lovett screamed, grabbed Kagome by the skirts and wrapping her arms around her tightly. "I won't let you take 'er!" Mrs. Lovett screams desperately as she holds onto the girl in a vice like grip.

Sweeney and Kagome stared at the baker with wide eyes. Then, Sweeney dragged himself into a sitting position and enclosed the baker and the girl in his arms protectively, his face determined.

There was a short pause, then, Kagome sighed. She stood up and began walking toward John and Jerry when Mrs. Lovett grabbed her wrist. The girl sighed and looked away from the baker's tears to hide her own.

"You can't do this." she whispered, still refusing to face the couple. "We won't let you do this." Sweeney's cold voice spoke. There was a short silence, "You should." she said.

"And you shouldn't do this." Lovett's voice cried, her tears evident through them. "I have t-", "We can't let you do this!" the baker cried once more, the tears flowing freely now.

Kagome then whipped her head around to face the two, her eyes blood shot and puffy from crying silently. The look on her face was enough to break both hearts. "And I can't let you die." she whispered coldly, cracking toward the end like a desperate plea.

She yanked her wrist free of the baker's grasp and grabbed a large rock. The last thing the barber or the baker saw was Kagome's tears running down her small face, her eyes closed as the rock came far too close for comfort.


t was at this instant that Toby and Leroy had burst into the factory. John whipped his head to the wooden door above his head and looked at Kagome suspiciously. She looked back at him through her tears and said calmly, "Don't worry. I got it", "You had better." her replied bluntly.

Then, She let out a scream, "HELP!" in an instant, Toby was racing down the wooden steps. "Mum!" he shouted as he saw the baker lying unconscious on the floor. "I'm sorry," he turned around and Kaolin was there with the same rock gripped tightly in her hands.

It was over in a second, Toby fell to the stone floor with a thud. "But its for the best." she whispered softly. Jerry gaped at the girl while John just dded his head approvingly.

The girl jumped as she felt Leroy rub up against her leg. Kagome looked down at the kitten sadly and picked it up. "We're NOT keeping that flea bag." the inventor called out carelessly.

"I know." Kagome sighed. "Listen, Leroy," she sighed again, causing the kitten's ears to perk up like a canine. "I won't be with you anymore. You'll be living with Mrs. Lovett, Mr. T, and Toby from now on," Leroy simply meowed sadly in reply.

"I know, I'm gonna miss you, too. But you have to promise me you'll watch over them and take care of them no matter what for me, OK?" after a short silence the snow white kitten meowed and licked her face clean of her tears.

She smiled at the feline one last time before putting him down and turned to her father. "OK, I'm ready to go. " the girl said sadly. "First you're helping with these guys." John said firmly, nodding toward Lovett, Sweeney and Toby. She nodded.


A/N: Hey, This chapter hurt me to write as much as it hurts you to read! Is this the end? Is it as tragic as you'd hoped? Will it becometragic? WHo knows...

*Sniff* poor Kagome...I'm just always picking on her, aren't I? Oh well, who ever said I was going to be merciful?

Poor Toby, getting hit over the head like that. And all because he wanted to find his mum. The world just seems to pick on him, too. But in my defense, I only pick on Toby because he killed Sweeney! But I guess I hate Sweeney because he killed Lovett...Yeah, it stops there.

I Love Lovett and could never hate her...maybe in some twisted fanfiction where shes totally different, but besides that, I could never hate Nellie! ^-^

Question: If you were Lovett or Sweeney, how would you feel about Kagome's decision? Would you be proud? Sad? Angry? What?

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