To all the people who enjoyed this story, here's the final part, sorry it took so long, this past year's been rough on me. Please enjoy it.

~Sera

Recap of Ch11

"It looks like Pein will die tonight," giggled Adele, "Don't you agree Moira?" The girl in question clicked a phone shut and turned to her sister.

"Yes, it does. Konan seemed happy about it." Moira grabbed the other girl's hand and kissed it gently, her eyes gazing intently at Adele, imploring.

"Moira, not here," Adele blushed, "Besides, we need to follow them and call Master Oda." Adele retrieved her hand quickly, looking apologetically at the lust-filled eyes of Moira.

~In the car~

"Mirai..." Pein trailed off, glancing in her direction to be sure he had her attention. She looked at him in answer. "I'm sure you want to know why I'm doing this."

"Yeah, I am a tad confused. The last time we even talked I figured that you hated me..." She looked down sadly at the memory. It was still more painful than any physical wound she'd ever suffered.

"I was just a bit upset," he began, "I didn't understand what was happening and it was all going at once...so many different things...I needed to think." His voice got quieter as he spoke. Not once throughout the entire ride did their voices raise above a whisper.

"So you don't . . . hate me?" The desperation in her voice was obvious to him.

"No, I don't hate you, Mirai, I couldn't if I tried. I did find many reasons to hate you. . . thank Tobi for all the information, including an article about a house that burned down 17 years ago . . . and that the body of the 6 year old girl who died was never found, even though there was a search done after the fire in case she'd just been kidnapped instead of burned . . ." He hesitated, wondering if he should really tell her everything that he had discovered. "They found her body a few days later . . . the head was completely destroyed and her brain was missing . . ." His words were barely audible to himself, her gasp, though, was obvious.

"It had to have been me . . ." she said.

"I think so, too. Tobi also got police reports that other girls of different ages had been disappearing for years and their bodies were always found in similar states to yours." Mirai paid little attention to the last bit, remembering instead all the new girls who'd come to her house to stay. "And . . . I think I love you . . .even though it took me 3 hours locked in a closet with Deidara and a cookie for me and Tobi to realize it. He wouldn't let me out of the closet until I figured things . . ." His words were stopped with Mirai's hand on his arm.

"You need to speed up or find a good, safe place really fast." she stated solemnly.

"What's wrong?" he asked, keeping his eyes on the road, searching anyways and speeding up, just in case.

"We have company." A motorcycle pulled up next to them, a blue halo driving it.

"Konan." Pein scowled and moved to the right, speeding up. They were almost there.

"She's not the only one," Mirai looked out her own window, trying to find the others.

"There," Pein muttered to himself, taking a sharp right turn into an alley. Mirai kept her mouth shut as the rain began to pour, dark and steady. That alley lead to an old, unused factory of some sort. There were deep, empty cement holes all over the place when Pein stopped the car. They got out and walked a bit, waiting for their pursuers to show themselves. Pein reached out for Mirai's hand, holding it gently.

"Oh, how sweet, the little couple together again." sneered Konan from behind them. They whirled to face her, Pein dropping her hand and going to his jacket pocket. "Now, now, things don't have to get violent. I'm only here to watch the show." Konan smiled wickedly at them.

"What show?" Mirai stalled, getting ready to pull her weapons out of hiding.

"The one where you die!" called a girl's voice, followed by a laugh.

"Moira." Mirai said.

"Who?" asked Pein quietly.

"She's a 'sister' of mine."

"What about me? You wouldn't want to forget your dear older sister now, would you?" asked the other girl who appeared next to Moira.

"Ele, you can't blame her for not seeing you," said Moira sweetly, wrapping her arms around Adele's neck and kissing her. Konan shook her head at their acting.

"You need to finish your job, I don't pay you to act or stand around," Konan sneered. Moira glared at her and let go of Adele.

"Now let us commence with the slaying and such," giggled Adele.

"What?" Mirai was still trying to stall, knowing that Adele watched movies and that this was a quote from something. She was cut off, though.

"Time for you to kill him." Moira answered in a sing-song voice. "Thisdoes count as a date." Her smile had turned positively evil. Pein stared blankly at them all.

"I will not kill him!" Mirai had to yell to be heard over the pounding rain.

"Well if you won't . . .We will," answered Adele. She and Moira stepped back, disappearing into the rain-induced darkness. Mirai rubbed a spot on her arm and a transparent shield was created.

"It'll stop attacks," she muttered to Pein. He nodded and pulled a metal tube out of his pocket. Even in such a dire situation, she wanted to stop time, turn to him, and facepalm. "Please tell me that's not a lightsabre."

"It's not," he smiled, resting it on her shoulder, pressing a button. She heard a 'whoosh' and then a thump.

"NOOOO!" She heard Adele screech. It must've been Moira that Pein hit with his Whatsitcalled, and he must've done a good deal of damage. She spotted Adele and fired a shot from her right arm. Adele dodged and fired another type of gun at the couple. The shield saved them to Adele's hatred. She yelled incoherently and moved to the opposite side of them to hold Moira, who had lost at least half of her chest. Shapes began to appear all around them, shadowy blurs at first but then they got closer and clearer.

"Traitor!" Mirai heard from the figures. The girls she had once called sisters now surrounded them. Not one of them looked happy to see her. "You Traitor!" Mirai and Pein spun to stand back to back. The girls closed in on them, their anger obvious. A few of them brushed along their arms as Mirai had and were remotely safe. Pein fired at a few of them, the ones who looked the meanest. Amazingly, the weapon tore right through their shields and into their bodies, warping them before disappearing, the warped part gone with it. There were more screams of rage as their partners witnessed the act. There were a few blades, sparkling darkly as they flew towards the couple, where Mirai's deep red blades reflected them back at their owners. A thump sounded above them as Adele jumped on the shield. She began to sing a wordless tune softly, each of the girls joining her. Pein almost walked away from Mirai to stand amidst the singers but she stopped him, holding him to herself and jumping into one of the holes. A screech sounded, then all the girls began screaming. Adele smiled and walked to them, attempting to hug the shield when there was silence except for the rain. Mirai and Pein, even through the shield, were blown into the wall, deafened by the blast that was Adele. Pein collapsed into a weakly shuddering heap, growing still. Mirai was badly shaken, she had never seen a 'sister' commit suicide before, it was horrible and she was unable to stand right away.

"He's dead now," smiled a girl on the edge of the hole. "Heh, no more Pein, no more sorrow." Konan walked up and looked down on the motionless Pein.

"I'll pay for your extra trouble," Konan told the girl who'd spoken before walking away. The girl nodded.

"Pick up this garbage," the girl said to someone behind her, gesturing to Mirai and Pein. Mirai looked for Adele, or at least parts of her, there were none. Two new girls jumped down, each picking up a limp body. "Why don't we leave the two love-birds together? She can look at his body until her own end." Mirai and Pein were tied together, she didn't know with what, but it didn't matter. She could feel his faint, hot breath on her face. She could've jumped and screamed for joy, but it would be better to run and jump when the 'sisters' weren't staring at them in hatred. She struggled to keep a straight face when Pein's car was crushed and put in a hole and they were both tossed into a van. Mirai relaxed for a bit on the drive back to her home. Sirah would help her. The van was dark and cold when it stopped, moving Mirai and Pein a bit and waking her up.

"Pein, if you can hear me, stay limp and keep your eyes shut," she murmured, Pein remained unresponsive. The doors burst open, bathing the two in light, blocked only by two slight forms, the sisters from before. One picked the couple up while the other opened the door so the carrier could walk through, right into the lab.

"Lay them down and leave." Sirah was second in command behind the Master, even though he barely acted like it, except now. Mirai saw the world around Pein's head, from the corner of her eye, she could see the twins walking away and from the other side she saw a weary Sirah rub his eyes. The door slammed a bit later as the ropes binding Mirai to Pein fell to the floor. Mirai helped Sirah move Pein to another table. Sirah ran a screen over her to find she was unharmed. He brushed a small spot on her back and part of her waist pulled away from her body, revealing a bunch of machinery. He pulled out a small cube and set it on the table. He brushed the spot on her back again, her waist returning to normal. Mirai knew better than to ask because she knew he wouldn't hurt her. Sirah moved the scanner over Pein, showing normal brain patterns and normal vital functions. "Pein," Sirah whispered. Pein opened his eyes slowly and looked at them, opening his mouth to talk. "Shh, your head might be a bit sore, but you need to go now. Go and never look back, both of you," he hugged Mirai tightly and kissed her cheek, suffering written on him when she could see his face again. "Change your names and be safe," he whispered, shoving the couple out the door.

"I love you, big brother," he heard.

"I love you, too, now go!" Sirah locked the door and stood facing it, shaking weakly. Steps sounded behind him about an hour later and he was calm enough to face the creator of the steps.

"Where are they?"

"They are gone . . .brother," Sirah responded, turning to face his master.

"I told you to call me Master Oda, little brother," he said idly.

"There is no one here, Nobunaga, and the android that looked like your daughter is no more." Sirah sighed, knowing he was hitting his master and brother where it hurt. His niece had been adopted, but her dad had loved her terribly anyways. She was killed in a car accident from a drunk driver. That caused Nobunaga to begin creating androids, trying to perfect them before he recreated the image of his daughter. Mirai had been moved into her body and Nobunaga began to hate her because she wasn't his daughter.

"Leave." There was so much suffering in his voice Sirah could hardly believe it, but he nodded, going to get his things and leave his brother to grieve or rage in the lab. I know he knows I won't come back this time, but he doesn't know that Mirai and Pein will live happily now. As Sirah walked out the door, he heard a loud crash come from the direction of the lab, fumes and heat beginning to swirl.

The End

Many thanks to the people who've commented and whined about cliff-hangers. I wrote an epilogue but I realized it might be too... something for here, so you'll all have to be happy with the knowledge tha they live 'happily ever after'. ~Sera