Authors Note:: This is the last chapter!! ::sniff, sniff:: But if you made it this far with me, you definitely deserve some Sage/ Rowen/ Ryo/ Cye/ Kento points... and you're welcome to do anything with them. ::laughs evilly:: I hope you enjoyed my fanfic so far - and this last chapter is a songfic. Song by The Juliana Theory, You always say goodnight, goodnight. May I mention that its a VERY GOOD song and I think it fits this part of the story rather well... now read!!

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Sirens began screaming in her mind and if possible, she felt her whole body go numb. Once she had calmed herself down to a panicked level, thoughts began racing through her head. Shit! Rowen just saw us!

"Sage, stop,"

"Mmm... why?" Sage exhaled softly, kissing her throat.

She took a deep breath and pushed Sage off of her, enough so that she could see right into his eyes. "Rowen is home," she stated, softer than normal.

"Huh? How do you know?" Sage looked at her as though he didn't believe her. He waited for some reply, but Kia remained silent. Smiling and shaking his head in disappointment, he leaned back over her to kiss her.

Kia pulled away almost immediately, locking her teary eyes into the two above her, "He saw us..."

Sage didn't know what to say. He continued to stare at her, his eyes showing how confused and worried he was. "Wha-what?"

Kia closed her eyes and swallowed, "You heard me."

Sage heaved a long sigh and stood up, the water heavy on his boxers and almost making them slip off his perfectly formed hips. He stepped out of the tub and walked towards the bathroom cabinet, throwing a towel at Kia. "What are we going to do?" Sage's voice was so hoarse that Kia could barely hear it.

For once, she didn't have a plan or any idea what to do. All she could do was clutch the towel in her hand so hard that her hand went white with the pressure. She knew that Rowen had just barely accepted the fact that she was pregnant, but now that he had caught her with Sage, Kia didn't know how Rowen was going to react.

Sage began wondering if Kia had even heard him, "Kia?"

"I... I don't know," she replied, almost too low for Sage to hear.

Sage squeezed his eyes shut and sighed, failing miserably in the attempt to calm his worked up nerves. "Are you absolutely positive that you saw Rowen?" he asked, weakness hitting him like a boulder to a soda can.

Kia stood up abruptly, wincing slightly as the pain awoke in her side, but she managed to cover herself somewhat and step out of the tub. Without replying, she started to stagger towards the bedroom door, but before she could get there, Sage gripped her shoulder.

"What are you doing now?" he rasped, "You're only going to make it worse-"

"No. I need to do this." Kia whipped away from his hold, walking into the bedroom. She hunted down a clean shirt and pants, painfully slipping them on her body. The nerves around her injury were screaming in agony, feeling numb with pain whenever she took a deep breath, but she went on, finally getting dressed. When she was done, she turned to Sage, who stood in the doorway, not knowing what else to do. "Sage, please stay here. Whatever happens, don't come anywhere near us... or me." She hesitated for a moment, waiting for a reply, but he didn't even move.

Do you really think that it was over when you hung up the phone and said goodnight?

And did you ever think that it would be too much?

Sighing, she walked out into the hall, passing Sage's bedroom and a few other rooms before she stopped as she came upon her daughter's room. She knew that Rowen was in there, since the door was open and some light shone from the crack, hinting that Ayame's night light was on.

Inhaling deeply to gain some confidence, she opened the bedroom door slowly. Almost immediately, she saw Rowen seated in a chair next to the bed.

I can never leave you without saying goodbye.

Kia thought that he wore an expression of astonishment at first, because his eyes were so wide. But just as his mouth sometimes twitched when he tried not to smile, she could see it twitching under the strain of a different emotion now. Kia couldn't be sure but she had the strong impression that his dark blue eyes were filled with unshed tears. He looked towards the doorway, pretending to scratch the side of his nose so he could wipe a finger in the corner of his eye.

Kia sighed before she spoke, "Rowen, I-"

"Are you happy?"

So did you think that you could take it?

Could you make it alone tonight?

I could have never hoped for anything more.

"-I... what?"

"I said, are you happy?" Rowen stopped to noticeably swallow something in his throat.

Kia began to shake her head, "What?! No! No-"

"Then what are you thinking, Kia?!" Rowen exploded. "Why?"

Kia took a quick breath of anxiousness, "Rowen, I'm... I'm sorry."

Rowen started to laugh, "You're sorry?! How can you just be sorry?! Kia, that won't change anything now!" By these last words, he was shouting, but when Ayame groaned and shifted in her bed, Rowen calmed himself. "Look at her, Kia," Rowen gestured to his daughter beside him, still asleep. "What is she going to say?"

Kia squinted her eyes, attempting to hold back tears, "I really don't know-"

Be my angel if you can, alright.

You always say goodnight.

"See? Don't you see my point?" Rowen paused for a moment, gently brushing his palm over Ayame's foot. "If you really think..." he stopped to sigh and lower his voice to the point where Kia almost couldn't hear him, "if you really want to be with Sage, I'm not going to stand in your way any longer."

So baby did you sleep an hour for me.

How I wish I was there right now.

Kia was left speechless, "No, Rowen! I... I-"

"No nothing, Kia. I forgave you once, and I'm not going to do it again. Game over." He stood up without making any sort of eye contact and stormed out of the room.

Kia felt as though the wind had been knocked out of her. She sank into the chair that Rowen had once been sitting in, one hand slipping to her throat as huge, hot tears flowed down her face. "No," she whispered to herself, "No..."

I wasn't going to tell you I could change things.

I'm afraid I never will know how.

But I don't think I could take it.

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Rowen ran down the stairs, sobbing and crying as he had never done before. He reached the kitchen and threw all of his body weight onto the countertop with his hands as he leaned against it. Tears splattered against the counter top, and he finally noticed that his hands were shaking. He was so fed up and tired of all of it. There was only one way to end it.

Will I make it alone somehow?

So hold me in your arms before I leave you.

All be back as soon as time allows.

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Kia took a very deep breath, causing her cut to leak blood again. That one breath re-opened the gash in her lung, and she was shocked to see the right side of her shirt slowly dyed red. Confusion and shock moving across her face, she abruptly stood up and stumbled towards the doorway, up the hallway and down the stairs. She tried calling out Rowen and Sage's names, but her voice was too hoarse and overcome with emotion, that her calls were drowned out by her moans of pain.

She eventually made it down the stairs, forcing her feet to drag her into the kitchen where she could possibly find some more bandage wrap. She pushed open the kitchen door, using so much of her energy that she felt like fainting even though she only had opened half the door. Figuring that it was enough for her to fit through, she squeezed into the kitchen, but what she saw made her take in a breath so long and deep, her lungs felt like exploding.

Rowen clicked a hand-held gun into place as he pointed it at Kia.

Kia covered her mouth with both her hands as she gasped in complete shock. "Rowen..." she pleaded, her voice cracking like glass.

You always say goodnight, and you always say goodnight.

Rowen's eyes were red from all the crying he had been doing, and his hand shook as he held the gun in the air, pointed in Kia's direction. "Do you want to know something, Kia?" Rowen started, whispering.

Kia held her ground, unable to move from the shock that nailed her feet to the floor.

"I was the one who stabbed you. Natsuki and I planned it out, we planned it all out. Neither of us could take all the crap that you've been giving us. Especially me. I wanted to be sure that I was the one who stabbed you. So you want the truth? Well, there it is. Too bad Sage doesn't know about it, 'cause I really wanted him to know."

Tears started welling up in Kia's eyes, her vision deteriorating to blobs of color.

With an strange sort of smile, Rowen continued, "And you know what? I don't want to deal with this anymore, Kia." With that, Rowen put the small gun up to his forehead. "Goodbye... my love."

Kia found her voice at last and screamed, "ROWEN!"

Goodnight.

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Sage, wondering why Kia was taking so long, walked into Ayame's bedroom, surprised to see nothing but Ayame fast asleep on the bed. He was about to leave when a note on Ayame's desk labeled 'Sage' caught his eye. He immediately noticed Rowen's handwriting as he picked it up, unfolding it to read what Rowen had written.

Dear Sage,

This will be the most difficult letter to write in my entire life. Sage, you have always been there for me and you were always my best friend - as close to a brother as I've ever had. But something has gone wrong in our lives which, until now, run side by side. Kia. She has become too much for me to understand and I don't know what to do anymore.

But I want you to know the truth. Sage, I was the one who stabbed Kia in the side, I was the one who wanted her out of the way for awhile. That's the complete truth. Natsuki and I planned it out... and I'm sorry.

By the time you've read this letter, I may already be gone. I'm very sorry Sage. I didn't want things to end this way, but my path has strayed too far away from yours.

Your always friend-

Rowen Hashiba

P.S. Please take care of Ayame for me.

Before he could rush out of the room, a quick, but very loud, bang hit his ears and echoed the sentiment throughout the house. Even Kia's ear-piercing wailing failed to reach Sage's ears from that point on. He stopped in his tracks, fell to his knees, and cried.

Goodnight.

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Authors Note: well... that's it. Please don't tell me your crying... and don't hate me... I only did it for true emotion. But if you still hate me, then I completely understand. I'm forever in debt to all the Rowen fans. -But who knows... maybe I'm not quite done with this fanfic. (that is, if I get enough requests that I ought to!) ^.^

Anyways, PLEASE TELL ME HOW YOU LIKED THE FANFIC! I need to know what you felt, what you want (if anything), and how you reacted. Just take anytime to fill out something of a review.

Until the near future, this is Demyn signing off.