Hey everyone! How y'all doing? Well, as promised, here's the last chapter. Sorry it took me so long. ^_^ Anyway, thanks to everyone who sent their reviews! I'm gonna try to improve s'more. As with all my stories, I just hope you like this one. It's a little weak but I think it's ok. Just send in your reviews anytime! Thanks in advance!

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"Yuhi…Yuhi-kun, open your eyes."

That voice…it's all too familiar. Could it be…?

Yuhi opened his eyes and squinted due to the bright light. He shielded his eyes with his hand and tried to open them wider but to no avail.

I need to see her. I have to. Instead, he whispered, "Who…are…you?"

"Don't you know me?" the voice answered. "And I thought I heard you say you'll never forget me."
            "It can't be," Yuhi said incredulously. "You've come back!" he squinted yet again to see the one true person that could end all misery. A faint image appeared before him but it was all Yuhi needed to feel that joy and happiness once again. That wavy hair, that smile… "It is you!" he exclaimed. He desperately wanted to hold her but something was pulling him back. "Chidori," he sighed. Her name passed his lips like a prayer.

Chidori was face to face with him, only a few heartbeats away. But she didn't say anything. She just caressed Yuhi's cheek with her palm and looked at him lovingly. Yuhi reveled at the feel of her once more. The unknown restraint on him only encouraged him to talk until time would stop. He nuzzled her palm and gently said, "Chidori, what took you so long? Nevermind. You're here now and that's what counts." Suddenly she looked stern and quickly jerked her hand away. "You're still stubborn and though you know it you don't want to do anything about it."

"What are you talking about?" he asked, completely clueless on where this conversation would lead to.

"I do not live on your world anymore, Yuhi," she spoke softly. "I am nothing but a memory now." He shook his head vigorously. "How can you ask me to forget you and then fall into deep despair? I can't do it, Chidori! Can't you see that?" he explained. Chidori's eyes were soft and understanding knowing how great a deal to him her lost had been.

She cupped his face and forced him to look at her. "Listen to me, Yuhi. You were stronger then than what you show me now," encouraged Chidori.

"Because I had you then!" he reasoned out. "Back then I kept telling myself that you were just a pestering kid! That my feelings were for Aya! But in the back of my mind, I have always thought and felt differently."

She would've cried just then. Here he was, telling her that he loved her then but she just couldn't take him with her. There were things better than that.

"Please, Chidori," he begged desperately. "I don't want this to end again. I love you too much. Let's make this a happy ending."

"Baka," she whispered, tender eyes looking at him. "Love doesn't' have a happy ending. It's because they never end and ours never did."

He was speechless for a moment too wrapped up in what she had said. Ours never did… For the first time since her death he smiled straight from his heart. I am an idiot, he thought. It's gonna be hard but for her sake, I've got to try. "Chidori," he started but Chidori placed a finger across his lips to silence him. "No need to apologize," she said. He looked at her quizzically, wondering how she knew. "I don't know how I knew it. I don't even know how I keep up with you," she said. "But I think it's maybe because we love each other," she simply stated. And he just had to agree with her.

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Well…? How was it? Told you it was kinda weak. Don't worry, it'll improve, or rather, I'll improve. Hehehehe…please be kind and write a review. Tell me about it, ok? Thanks again!

            ---jd_anney