Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah. This one did come out sooner than I thought. Sorry if it's too short for ya. But then again this is the last chapter to the story. Thank you all for reading and keeping me going! I do not own .hack//SIGN or any of its characters. All I own in the plot and my own original Character Lain Auska X.

.hack//SIGN

Episode Eight: Shinjuku Square

Saga: Born from Darkness

Lain gritted her teeth and tried to shut her eyes tighter. Mitski's screams still rang through her head, even though she had been dead for a good few minutes now.

But what had done that? What could have been so cruel as to kill her that way? Did she want to find out what had done it? If she did would it be someone she knew, or was this player going to be after her? Did it want  her dead also?

Foot steeps started walking towards her. She gulped, she could hear ever steep with an immense amount of fear. Did she dare open her eyes to find out who was coming? No. She would rather die not knowing her killer, at least this way, she wouldn't be as scared.

The person stopped walking, it was now at her side.

"Open your eyes," a familiar voice said bending over and then poked her in the face. "What are you so scared of?"

"T-T-Tsukasa!?" Lain cried out as her eyes shot open. "What are you doing here!?"

"I decided to come back," Tsukasa answered straightening up. "I didn't really want to listen to what you told me before."

"I-I-I sorry about that," Lain replied looking at him as tears started to form in her eyes. She turned her head down so she was looking at her lap as she sat up. "I d-d-didn't mean to yell at you. I-I'm sorry!"

"It's okay," Tsukasa replied as he sat down on his knees. "I know you didn't mean to yell at me. I guess you were a little confused with your emotions and wanted to be left alone. I'd do the same if I was in your position."

"How did you know?" Lain asked still looking down at her lap. "How did you know how I was feeling?"

"It's easy to tell," Tsukasa said as he leaned back on his hands. "Like I've told you before. I used to be like you. Depressed, unhappy, what ever you want to call it. I never looked at the bright side of things. I always thought everything was going to go downhill for me, nothing good to ever cross into my life. But I guess I was wrong. Things did start to brighten up when I met you. Nothing seemed so impossible anymore."

"You mean I changed everything for you?" Lain asked as tears started to roll down her face and then hit her gloved hands. "I changed the way you thought, how you acted?"

"Yeah, of course you did," Tsukasa replied glancing at her and then sighed. "Don't cry. You have nothing to cry about. Everything's good again. Mitski is dead and you can log off now."

"You killed her?" Lain asked choking back more tears. "You killed her like that?"

"Yeah. I had too, if I didn't then she would have straggled you," Tsukasa said now focusing his full attention on Lain. "Lain. I wasn't about to let her kill you. I couldn't do that!"

"But you…" Lain begun and then paused. "I…uh…thank you Tsukasa. I guess I would have died if you hadn't have shown up. You've saved my life twice. And I've done nothing to repay you."

"Your company is enough for me," Tsukasa said smiling. "I don't need anything more. I'm happy just being at your side."

"But I pushed you away. I forced you to leave the game. I-I-I was so mean to you."

"Hey. I already told you. It wasn't your fault. Your emotions were confused. You needed time to think and I wasn't really giving you any. So you told me to leave the game."

"But I shouldn't have. If you had stayed longer than I wouldn't have ended up in almost dead. So this is my entire fault. Everything that has happened to me in this past half hour is all my fault."

"Don't say that. It's not all your fault, stop blaming stuff on yourself, because it's not all your fault. It's as good as mine too."

"Why are you taking the blame for me?"

"Just shut-up," Tsukasa snapped at her. "I don't want to talk about that anymore. I'm tired of listening to you put yourself down. Stop blaming everything on yourself, it's not always your fault!"

Lain snapped her attention from her lap and over to Tsukasa. She had stopped crying and was now looking at him extremely shocked and confused.

"Lain. Come on. Were leaving now. You can exit the game and so can I. That's all we need right?"

"What if I don't want to?"

"What are you talking about? You wanted to exit the game before. So we could be together in the real World, right? Isn't that what you wanted."

"I don't know. I don't know what to think! You're mad at me, so I don't know if I really should go back. I don't want to be back in that hospital anymore! I don't want anything to do with my family! I hate it there! Tsukasa! You can't expect me to want to go back to the World that I hate so much!"

"But I'm going to be there with you. I'll always be there by you side, no matter what. You can't expect me to abandon you now. You mean to much for me."

"Well you should. I'm being so selfish now."

Lain stood up and then turned her back on Tsukasa. She begun to walk away, she made it only a few steeps before she was jerked back. She was then flipped around so she was facing Tsukasa once again.

"I'm not letting you go Lain. I'm not going to let you get away again. Lain…I-I love you!"

Lain looked at him shocked again. She didn't know what to say. She knew he cared for her greatly, but love? How could anyone love her? She was so self-centered. And after what she had just done to Tsukasa? How could he tell her that he loved her?

"I don't want to see you hurt anymore. I love you Lain. And nothing is going to change that. I've always loved you, ever since I got to know you. You're the reason why I keep on living. Without you then I'd be nothing. Just a waste of skin, flesh and life. You mean everything to me. I couldn't live without you."

Lain didn't answer him. She just starred at him blankly. No one had ever said anything that slightly resembled to what he was talking about. No one had truly ever loved her.

Tsukasa grabbed her other hand in his and then pulled her forward. He wrapped his arms around her back and then tilted his head down so his eyes were center with hers. He moved his face forward and their lips touched.

Her eyes got bigger as he had done this, more tears rolled down her face. He pulled away a few seconds latter.

"Don't cry."

"I-Tsukasa!"

Lain basicly jumped onto him. She had her arms wrapped around him tightly and was crying on his shoulder.

He removed on of his hands her back and then rested it on her head and rocked her back and forth a little, as if she were a baby.

"It's alright. I don't really know how you're feeling right now, but I'll be there by your side through all of this. Because I care for you Lain. I'll love you until the World dies and there is nothing left."

Lain pulled away from Tsukasa and then looked him straight in the eye. She smiled and their lips met once more. Lain pulled away from Tsukasa and smiled at him softly.

"I love you too. I've decided on how I feel now. I love you Tsukasa!"

Lain latched onto him once again and he did the same.

"Alright! Score one for Mr. and Mrs. Fujamiya!" a voice called out throwing his hand into a fist and then up in the air. "I was wondering when you two would actually come out and say your true feelings! You're both head over heels for each other!"

The two pulled away from each other and nearly screamed out. Mimiru, Bear, Crim, Subaru, and Sora were standing in a line in front of the steeps that lead down to the docks. They all seemed to be smiling at the two of them.

"I…uh…how long were you all standing there!?" Lain screamed out going red in the face.

"Long enough," Sora replied rolling his eyes. "Too long actually for me. I don't want to see all this mushy crap!"

Crim laughed at what Sora had said and then gave Lain a thumbs up sign. "Now that you two are finally together! It means you'll be together in the real World also! It's nice to know that you two won't be alone anymore!"

"I…uh," Tsukasa said blinking and then went red along with Lain. He steeped back and then gulped. "C-c-come on Lain! Let's go!" Tsukasa grabbed Lain's left hand in a quick movement and then took off running to the nearest Chaos Gate.

"Hey!" Bear cried out.

"We'll meet you at Shinjuku Square!" Mimiru screamed out waving at them. "In ten minutes! Until then you two love birds!" Mimiru laughed along with the others and then exited the field.

Lain shot up from the bed she was lying in. Her she looked around the room, she was in the hospital. Were Sora had told her she would be. She sat up and then scooted over to the side of her bed. She put her feet on the ground and then stood up. She smiled at the thought of waking from the horrible game. She walked towards the door and then opened it.  She steeped out of the room and then started to walk down the hallway.

"Miss!" someone yelled out. "Miss! Please wait! You can't leave!"

"I…uh?" Lain turned around and then faced the Doctor that was running at her. "Yes."

The doctor stopped in front of her and then looked at her with huge eyes. "Lain X?"

"How did you know my name?" Lain asked looking at the Doctor confused. She then walked back to her room followed by the Doctor.

"Tsukasa Fujamiya. He woke from his coma and the first thing he did was go into your room to see if you had awoken also," the Doctor replied. 

"I'm sorry but I'm in sort of a hurry," Lain replied. "I'm supposed to met my friends in Shinjuku Square in ten minutes. I really have to go now."

"You haven't signed you papers," the doctor replied. "If you hold on a minute I'll go and get them."

"Okay," Lain replied as the man left the room. She was alone again. She looked around the room and then noticed a pair of clothes over in a chair in the corner of the room. She walked over to them. She picked up the plain long sleeve white shirt. She put it on and then put on the black short sleeve one. Next was her dark blue cargo pants. She put on her long white socks and then her black boots.

She walked over to her bed and then sat down. The clock on the wall said it was ten minutes after six. She sighed and then stood up again. If she didn't leave now she would be late. Or was she already late?

Lain walked over to the door and then threw it open. She steeped out and then made her way down the hallway. The doctor she had been talking to before had her paperwork and was heading back towards where her room was. She then began to pick up pace until she was at a run. She knocked down the doctor and then charged through the hallway.

A few minutes latter she burst out of the hospital's front door. She looked around wildly, the street she was on was called Blossom Street. She grinned and then remembered, that Shinjuku Square was only a few streets away. She ran down the sidewalk and crossed the street.

She arrived in Shinjuku Square breathing heavily. She had pushed herself to her limits running down here. She looked around and only saw people passing through the Square. Not a lot of people seemed to be standing around. She looked over to one group of six people. They all seemed to be starring at her as if they were trying to recognize her.

"Lain!" the white haired boy called out to her waving her over. "Come over here Lain!"

Lain looked at him a little confused and then walked over. It was Tsukasa. He was the one who was calling out to her.

"Tsukasa!" Lain called out happily. She finished her walk over to the group at a run. As soon as she had made it over she latched onto him with a hug. "I'm here Tsukasa! In the Real World! To be with you forever!"

Yeah, yeah… I know this was sort of short, and I'm sorry about it. I didn't want to make it to long because it would be kind of pointless, since Lain is out of 'The World', and all… Well I hope you enjoyed this story while it lasted. Ended a little shorter than I thought it would have though… Well I would still like you too review though. Tell me what you think. Oh and I will be doing another .hack//SIGN fic. So stay tuned if you want to read that one. It's going to be a sort of sequel to this one! Sort of… in a way…