Let me just say how sorry I am for not updating lately. And it's not because of the vacation. I have two major tests coming up and they are both Math. I've been spending my time studying for them, so I haven't given much thought for my fanfiction. But now I'm back and here is the last chapter. ^_^

Chapter 11

Tsuzuki sighed as he surveyed the room. He felt like a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders.
Muraki's dead, he thought. Now we don't have to worry about him coming after us ever again...
"Hiiiiiiiiiii-sooooooooooooo-kaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!" someone yelled. Tsuzuki turned in time to see Byakko jump into the air and land on Hisoka. "You're all right!!!!"
"Get the hell off me!!" yelled Hisoka.
Tsuzuki snorted, then burst out laughing.

"C'mon Shirou, wake up," Rei said, shaking the sleeping boy.
Shirou groaned, then opened his eyes. "Kaa-san?"
"No, I'm your..." she broke off.
"Aunt? You're Aunt Rei, right?"
Rei stiffened. "How did you...?"
"Tou-san told me about you a lot. You're his onee-san. He said you died when he was as little as me."
She forced a smile. "You're right. I'll take you home now."
"'Kay." His face brightened. "You can come home with me!!"
Rei's smile faltered. "Sorry, I can't. I live somewhere else now. But can you give your tou-san a message from me?"
"Yep!! What is it?"

"Tsuzuki!!! Get your damn Shikigami off of me!!!" snapped Hisoka.
Tsuzuki sat next to him. "I dunno. Byakko sure was worried about you."
"I don't care!! Get him the fuck off me!!!"
"Don't be vulgar, Hisoka!" said Byakko, getting all teary-eyed. "I WAS worried!!"
"Shut up!!!"
Rei walked over, carrying Shirou. "You guys ready to go?"
Tsuzuki stood. "Yes. Let's teleport to Meifu, and-"
Rei raised her hand to stop him. "I have a better idea, Asato-kun. Let's leave here with style!"
"What the hell does that mean?!" yelled Hisoka from under Byakko.
"Let's ride our Shikigami across the night sky!!"
"WHAT?!?!"
"That's a great idea!!" said Tsuzuki. He patted Byakko. "What do you think, Byakko?"
"I'd like a good run," said Byakko.
Rei smiled and turned to her Shikigami. "Do you mind, Quezacotl?"
The thunderbird sighed. "Even if I refused I'd have to do it anyway."
"Exactly!! So let's go!!"
Quezacotl leaned down. "I take it your nephew is gonna ride with us?"
"Yep!!"
"Great."
"I'm not going," said Hisoka, who had finally gotten away from Byakko.
Tsuzuki grinned, then grabbed the teenage boy's arm. "Yes you are!!" he yanked the boy up onto the white tiger. "Let's go!!"
"Yeah!!" yelled Rei.
Both Shikigami took off.
"Wow!!" cried Shirou. "We're flying!!"
Rei rubbed his hair. "Since you haven't had much fun lately, this should make up for it!!"
"If Kachou finds out about this, he'll hand our asses to us!!" yelled Hisoka
"He doesn't have to know!!" said Tsuzuki. "This is too much fun!!"
"This is a celebration, Hisoka-chan!!" said Rei. "We killed the man who us both!! I'm gonna sleep better at night knowing he'll never hurt another soul again!!"
Hisoka sighed. "You have a point."
"Exactly!! Now shut up and enjoy the ride!!"
The rode around like that for several minutes, random conversations springing up.
Rei looked at her watch. "Oops, gotta go drop Shirou off. I'll se you guys in Meifu!!"
"Bye!" said Tsuzuki.
"Let's go, Quezacotl!" the thunderbird took off in a different direction.
"Ready to go home, Hisoka?"
"...I have the feeling our pay is gonna be decked for this..."

"Okay, you remember the message, right?" asked Rei.
Shirou held up the paper. "Yep!"
Rei took off her coat and put it around him. "Well, it's time. Your house is right over there."
Shirou took her hand. "Please come, Aunt. Tou-san will be glad to see you."
"No, I can't. Please give him that message."
"...Okay." He gave her a hug. "Bye bye."
"Bye." She let him go and pushed him in the direction of his house.
"We should go now," said Quezacotl.
"In just a little while," said Rei. "I just want to see a glimpse of my little brother."

Shirou walked casually up the front steps of his house. All the lights were on. He pressed the doorbell.
There were footsteps and the door swung open. He looked up at his tou-san, who stared down at him in shock. "Konbanwa, Tou-san."
His tou-san grabbed him and hugged him tightly. "Umeko!!! It's Shirou!!!!"
More running footsteps and suddenly everyone was hugging him. He had been gone a long time, but he didn't know they missed him this much.
"Oh sweetie!!" his kaa-san sobbed. "I was so afraid I would never see you again!!"
"Auntie saved me," said Shirou, smiling shyly.
His kaa-san let him go and stared at him. "But all of your aunts are here."
"Aunt Rei saved me."
His tou-san stared at him. "What?"
"Aunt Rei saved me from the bad man! Then we rode on a big bird to get here!"
His tou-san stared at the jacket. "Did she...whoever helped you, give this to you?"
"Yep! And this!" he held up the message.
He took the paper and unfolded it. Shirou wanted to watch him read it, but his Kaa-san and everyone else pushed him inside the house.

Dear Akira,

I know whatever Shirou told you is hard to believe, but it is the truth. I've wanted to keep an eye on all of you and keep you safe. I didn't want Shirou to be murdered like I was. And I didn't want you to mourn all over again.
Though you may already know this, I am always with you. I will keep a good watch over you for as long as you shall live. The man, who did what he did to me and what he almost did to Shirou, is dead. You may sleep peaceful nights now.
I'm sorry I cannot give this to you in person, but I do not belong in your world. Someday, I will see you again. I can't wait for that day to come. Until then, please give Okaa-san and Otou-san my love. The same with everyone else. I miss all of you so much, but I swear that we will see each other again. Not in this world, but the next. So until that happens, keep your chin up, and always remember that I love you.

Your Onee-san,

Rei

Akira sniffed and wiped his eyes. This was his onee-san's handwriting. Somehow she saved his son. Somehow he was able to get this.
It was then that something caught his eye. In the distance he saw a silhouette of a girl with a large bird next to her. The figure stood there for a long while before raising their hand. Akira raised his hand in response.
It was then that the front door opened. "Akira! Shirou is telling us some strange stories!! He even has a bag of starfish candy!"
Akira turned to her. "Starfish candy?"
"Yes, and it looks like the way you make them!"
He sighed, and then looked in the direction of where the silhouette was. No one was there.
"Sweetie, come inside. This has been a hard time for all of us, but Shirou is home."
Akira nodded. "I know. I'm coming." He followed his wife inside, but turned to look back out.
Ouyasumi, Onee-san, he thought before closing the door.

"I knew this would happen," said Quezacotl. "You shouldn't have seen him."
Rei wiped her eyes. "I'm sorry, but I haven't seen him in so long. I just wanted to..."
"I understand. Let's get you back to Meifu."
"Alright..."

"Hisoka-chan!!!" cried Yuma and Saya. They held up a fluffy pink dress. "Try this one on!!!"
Hisoka shrieked in horror and took off running. The two girls followed him.
"WAI!!!!! Cakes!!!!" squealed Tsuzuki. Twelve different cakes were in front of him. "Which one should I have first?"
Watari held up another test tube. "I have a new potion!!"
Tatsumi glared at him. "No."
"Aww!!!!!"
Tatsumi sighed in relief before drinking his coffee. "I don't want-"
He was cut off and shrunk suddenly. Everyone looked to see what had happened. Sure enough, where Tatsumi stood now sat a monkey with five asses.
"My bait worked!!!" declared Watari.
"Why five asses?" asked Rei.
"It's funny this way!!!"
"YOU'RE DEAD NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!" shrieked Monkey Tatsumi. He grabbed a machete and chased Watari around the room and out the door.
Konoe stepped out of the way as Watari ran past him, followed by a monkey with five asses wielding a machete. He rubbed his temples. "Just a few more years 'till retirement..."
"Oh Kachou!!" called Rei. "I need to talk to you!!!"
"Ugh..."

"What is it?" asked Konoe. They were in his office.
"I've decided when I want to retire," said Rei.
"All right. When?"
"When Shirou dies."
"I-"
"I want to make sure my tou-san, kaa-san, and my sibs are in the afterlife before I go to be with them. And I want them to live long lives. Shirou is still a child, and he isn't due to die until he is 87."
"Did you hack into the files?!"
"My point is I want to retire when I can be with my family again. It's still a long ways off, but the years fly like minutes. Can you tell Enma about this?"
"Of course I will."
"Arigato, Kachou!!!"
"On the subject..."
"Yep?"
"Did you take your Shikigami and fly across the sky in Chijou?!"
Rei face-faulted.

Hisoka gasped for air as he stopped running. He finally lost the girls. He sat down and a cool breeze blew in.
"Saa!!!! What a beautiful sky!!!"
Hisoka looked up. Not too far away Tsuzuki was admiring the sunset amongst the cheery blossoms.
"What're you waiting for?" said a voice beside him. He turned to see Rei. "Go to him."
He blushed. "I can't-"
"This isn't a time to get nervous!!! You love him, right?!" he turned darker. "Then stop being silent!! Tell him how you feel!!"
"I-"
"GO!!!" she yanked him up and shoved him in Tsuzuki's direction. The boy hesitated, and then walked towards Tsuzuki. Rei giggled, then hid herself so she could watch and they couldn't see her.
Hisoka watched Tsuzuki continue to watch the sunset. He coughed to get his attention.
Tsuzuki turned to him. "Konbanwa, Hisoka!!"
"We need to talk," said Hisoka.
"We do?"
"Yes." I can't believe I'm doing this, he thought. "I have to tell you something."
"Okay. What is it?"
You asshole!! You know exactly what it is!! "It's...um...you see-"
"You love me?"
I knew it!!! "Um, yeah."
Tsuzuki smiled. "Oh, I know. I love you too, Hisoka."
Hisoka gaped at him. Why was he so blunt?!?! "So...what should we do now?"
"Oh, that's easy!!! We become a couple!!!"
Hisoka blushed. "Um-"
"And we came buy each other gifts on occasions and talk about things, and kiss, and-" he stopped himself and blushed.
Hisoka fidgeted. "Um, I-"
"Do you want to kiss, Hisoka?"
"I-I-I guess so..."
"Okay!!" Tsuzuki skipped over to him, picked him up, and gave him a deep kiss. Hisoka was surprised about how deep it was. Tsuzuki held the kiss for a long while, getting rid of any idea that he was joking about this.
After about, say, six minutes and forty five seconds he broke the kiss. Hisoka was left gasping for air.
"Why not stay at my place tonight?" Tsuzuki murmured, a sly grin spreading across his face.
Hisoka sighed. "I know what you have planned."
"Okay. Is that bad?"
"Not really-"
"Then let's go now!!!!" Tsuzuki took off, pulling Hisoka along with him.
I've never been in a relationship, thought Hisoka. But I guess there's a first time for everything...

Rei watched them go off. She jumped to her feet and shrieked with glee. "YEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to see what they look like tomorrow!!!!!!!!"

And in Kyoto...

Oriya watched the moon in the sky. "You sure you want to stay here?"
Inside the darkened room a low voice chuckled. "It's a good hiding spot. I masked Hisoka's curse so it seems like it's gone. And Rei won't be able to sense me since I've hidden my power."
"It's risky, Muraki. Do you want to take such risks?"
"Of course I do. What fun is it if I'm not around to bother them?"
Oriya sighed, but said nothing.
Muraki smirked evilly. He had severe wounds, but he was recovering remarkably.
It won't be long before they realized I'm not dead, he thought. I hope I can see their faces when they find out. But first I have to recover. I'll lay low until I am at full strength, then strike when they don't expect it. Tsuzuki-san and Hisoka. Not to mention little Rei. You best be prepared for my comeback. Because when I come back, I'll be much stronger and much meaner. And you will wish you had killed me.


EEK, what a cliffhanger ending!!! Well, I hoped everyone liked it. Once again I'm sorry for the lack of updates. I guess I should thank hisoka for the review. Though it was a bit mean, it did help me to get my ass in gear. Thanks to everyone for the reviews and for sticking with this for so long. I really appreciate it, and I hope you all will read my future works! Thanks again and have a nice day!!! ^_^