So this is the end everyone! The final chapter of the story itself. The next few chapters will be the ending; Alice getting with one of the love interests. I couldn't decide on a brother so I'm going to split the endings to make everyone happy with any luck! lol. :) Wow, It has been a long road over these few years and I've loved every second of it. I hope you have had as much fun reading as I have writing and thank you to those of you that have stuck through the whole thing. (Even after the long ass gap in my writing) I am sincerely grateful. I hope you have understood the story but imagination is ones own so I know a few of you won't have, so I will be doing a Q and A in a few weeks time so if you have any questions about the story that you didn't understand please review them and I will answer any uncertainties you may have in the FINAL post to make more sense to you. Thank you once more and I hope you enjoy the last few chapters!

~ IveGoneCompletelyMad

My screech echoed around the empty space, a sound so inhuman reaching my ears as it reverberated from my lungs and pierced the blackness… it literally pierced it. I breathed heavily from the mass amount of oxygen I had just used up, my vision turning slightly white… no… it was a white light cracking through the dark, splintering out along the walls and floors until it looked like a marble effect all around. One short breath was all it took for the dark room to shatter like glass in silence, the world around me distorting into the one I had left moments ago… or what would have seemed to be moments until I noticed the lack of energy and people. The porcelain ground had been painted red, body parts decorating the landscape in a gory victory as I swallowed hard, forcing down the bile that had threatened to lurch from my stomach… things like this are only ever seen in video games or TV shows… but the strong stench of iron promised me otherwise, the drips of ruby falling from higher scales of the building proving their realistic nature... What happened? I couldn't have been gone any longer than 5 minutes…

"Alice."

I pivoted my body around the face the blonde demon whom stood with a soldier air about him, my body relaxing upon his familiar appearance and lack of bloodstains.

"Lucifer, what happened here?"

"We won."

I swallowed down the frog in my throat, trying to remove the images of the blood caked ground behind me as I focused on his light eyes instead, trying to muster up courage to speak as if I wasn't revolted by what I had just witnessed. I clenched my shaking fists, standing tall as a trail of sweat running down my spine reminded me of how afraid I actually was.

"I can see that, but what happened?"

A gentle smile crossed his face as he lifted a metal box into my line of sight. I didn't get chance to take in much of its details, other than noticing it was the one he was holding earlier before it disintegrated into rust and dust before my eyes, falling between his fingers and away with the wind whilst heavier clumps fell gently to the floor.

"That was an amplifier. I had it made to increase out demonic abilities to what it would be in Gehenna. The people we faced were powerful and close to the level of Paladin, clearly higher class."

"But I don't understand... why send higher class after me? I'm weak and-"

"The Vatican knew that you were under Samael's protection, as well as my own and Amaimon's. So to face 3 demon kings the old woman knew she'd need a powerful martyr to confront not only you but us as well. She thought ahead knowing we weren't as powerful here and got us at a time we were separated; I must give her credit for that."

It was as if he read my mind. I bit my lip and turned my gaze to Mephisto who was walking over toward us, appearing as if nothing had happened at all.

"Ah~ A good exercise if I do say so myself!~ Fear not Belle, the Vatican will be getting a strongly worded complaint about Mrs. Takanaka's behaviour and I assure you that this will get you off the hook. It all worked out in the end. Hahaha!~"

The man laughed flamboyantly with a thrown back head as I smiled sadly. I guess they really didn't need me after all… not that I'd be able to do much...

"But Belle, how did you get out?"

I tilted my head at the male as his own shifted to look at me from a sideways glance, a dark smirk dancing across his face.

"It appears your true self has awakened. No mere mortal could have broken through my dimension as easily as you did."

Easily? That wasn't easy… I nearly tore my own mind apart! The man laughed once more before taking a step forward with a finger rose in accusation.

"You have become a full fledged demon my dear. I don't know what set it off but your demon blood awakened and ran thick with whatever was running through your pretty little head.~"

"What was running through-"

I cut myself off, turning my gaze to the ground as I suddenly felt embarrassed at his notification. I was thinking of… wait…

"Hang on, you mean just because of that I'm a demon now? How does that even work?"

"Hm? Well a simple thought can be a strong thing my dear~. You obviously wanted to come back and knowing you couldn't do it in your human state… you awakened~"

"That sounds like some lame ending to a crappy fanfiction..."

The male laughed boisterously as he held his stomach with one hand, the other rising in a mocking manner.

"Perhaps but I'm afraid that is what happened~. But what is most important is that you are a full demon now."

A full demon… meaning… there's no human part of me left? I'm just like Dai-

"Oi, Head-Lice-Alice!"

I tilted my head to stare at the transparent male I had longed to look at forever. He stood unscathed with a twisted pout on his face as he stared at me with half lidded emerald eyes of judgement.

"You forget I was here or something? I came all the way from Gehenna just to help you and I slip your mind? Laaaaame!"

"No… I hadn't forgotten about you."

I hadn't… but looking at him now… My eyes filled with tears, the liquid quick to blur my vision as a light sob escaped my throat after finally eyeing at my friend fully, the male sputtering before rushing to my side as a few hiccups left my throat.

"Hey! Hey! Don't cry! I was only joking! Geez!"

Cold hands wiped my tears as I stared at the brunette male's worried face, an unsure glint in his eyes as he didn't know how to deal with this kind of situation. I smiled alongside a sniffle, hiding the snot back into my nose as I remembered Daiki was less than useless with a crying woman.

"What now Daiki? What will you do?"

"What now? Well..."

The male scratched the back of his head, turning emerald eyes away from my own.

"I go back to Gehenna, you stay here with these losers. The deal I made was only for today for the battle, soooo… just don't forget I came to your aid okay?"

I looked down, staring at the black Doc Martin boots Daiki always seemed to wear with a sad smile.

"I'm glad I got to see you. I wanted to… apologise."

I heard a small noise leave his throat as I bit my lip, focusing on the dull pain as to not cry.

"I watched you die… I let you die..."

"Haah? Shut up already!"

I snapped my head up to stare at Daiki's face, he was looking away from me, rubbing the back of his brunette locks with an annoyed stare.

"This sad act isn't like you so cut it out… You didn't let me die, I came to kill you. My plan got fucked up was all by that King of Douche over there, but I'm glad it happened..."

I watched his face turn into a cheeky grin, his hands shifting to stuff themselves into his pockets as the last of my tears cleared with a swift blink.

"I'm glad you lived."

My hands clenched into my dress, the sweat gathered there shifting into the material and cooling my palms from the lack of liquid content.

"But why… how… How did this even happen?"

"You always were stupid; regardless of how intelligent you were. How can it not make sense?"

"It makes sense!"

I watched Daiki recoil slightly at my words, I could understand since I had just suddenly yelled at him but… still…

"Don't talk to me like I'm an idiot! I know what happened! You wanted me dead and Lucifer foiled your plan! But you still told me about those text messages… why..."

"Because you weren't a threat; that's all. A mediocre demon like you could cause no harm to humans other than those destined to die, your personality hoping to cause less deaths. I guess I just realised that too late."

The demons behind me said nothing in retaliation as I smiled gently at the brunette male, knowing he meant well in the end even though he wouldn't say it out loud. My grin soon turning into a frown as I looked around my ghost friend in search of the only other male absent of our conversation.

"Where's Amaimon?"

I looked back to Daiki who kept his gaze from my own, my blood running cold as perspiration begun to form under my arms and the back of my neck. I tilted my head to Lucifer who kept a steady gaze, lips unmoving in defiance to speak as I felt the panic begin to set in. Why weren't they telling me? Where was Amaimon?

"Belle, Amaimon fought high class Vatican members..."

I didn't need to hear the end of Mephisto's sentence, I already knew what had happened… Another hiccup left my throat in attempt to stop my tears.

"He's not dead though… he's… in Gehenna?"

I needed confirmation, I begged for confirmation... I needed to know that he wasn't dead.

"Yes."

I heaved a sigh of relief, he wasn't dead… thank god. But… what now?

"What do I do now?"

"What do you mean Belle?"

"Do I stay here? Do I continue on? I'm a demon now right? So won't the Vatican be after me again?"

"No, Takanaka's actions were nothing to do with the Vatican, and we just dealt with the defiant ones."

I looked over to Lucifer who had his arms crossed with a straight face gracing his usual stoic features.

"Your predicament has already been verified by the Vatican, no matter where you go you are under Samael's; thus the Vatican's protection. There is nothing that can happen to you. You are free to do as you please."

Free to do as I please… So everything goes back to normal? I turned to look at Daiki, watching his fading form smile at me brightly with a toothy grin.

"Hey don't look at me, I'm just a ghost. Do what you like Alice, so long as you're happy."

Happy… yeah… I guess I could be happy again. These past few years here in Cross Academy have been some of the happiest days of my life; alongside the strangest and scariest… I smiled lightly to myself, pressing my hand over my pulsing heart as I remembered all the memories I had made here over these last few years. Good... bad… but no less they made me smile. He made me smile… I opened my eyes once more to grin brightly at the men in front of me; a flush of embarrassment crossing my cheeks.

"Thank you all."