Author's notes:

Hey, in case you haven't noticed, the last two chapters were the climax part of the story ( I managed to laugh at your reviews Evil cliffy! ^_^ ). And now, I give you the last part of Devoted to You: The final chapter and the epilogue. The epilogue should be long but I realized… IT'S AN EPILOGUE so I managed to squeeze it in the final chapter.

Have fun and enjoy the show… I mean, the chapter… ^_^

… *manages to get the popcorn from the dinner table and soda from the ref*

Yuki closed his eyes for a moment as Akito pulled the trigger. Tohru yelped for second, then cupped her face in fear. Both of them thought that Tohru would be dead.

But they were wrong.

Yuki looked up and saw another person blocking Akito's way.  He held the gun away from Tohru and Yuki and he stared at Akito angrily.

"It's over, Akito." Kazuma hissed. "You lost."

"LOST?!" Akito almost howled in laughter. "What do you mean lost? I'm winning, Kazuma, because no one is here to save them."

"Then how about me?" He gripped Akito's gun tightly.

"Really?" Akito glared. "Are you trying to tell me that you are betraying me, my good friend and companion?"

"I had enough of your stupid ambitions. You're betting on lives here!" he yelled. At that moment, Yuki transformed back to his human form and Kazuma covered him a coat. "Besides, as a teacher, I need to do something for my students. You tried to kill Yuki back then, and I won't let you do this again."

"Kill me?" Yuki whispered under his breath. Then, a sudden flashback came into his mind.

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"K-Kana…" Yuki whispered silently as he stared at Kana's motionless body, blood covering the upper half of her body. Akito burst in laughter.

"Obviously, she's pathetic as she was when she married with my Hatori." He hissed. "She needs to be punished."

"You… You killed her." Yuki tried to stand from his position but the wounds weakened him.

"Yes… and you will be next." Akito again pointed the gun at Yuki. "I should have just sold you to my clients. It was a mistake to have an affair with a peasant."

"Don't insult my mom!" The nezumi charged with all his might to the clan head, grabbing the gun and pointing it towards the heavens, which was starting to darken. Akito managed to grab back the gun in Yuki's grip but during the struggle, he pulled the trigger too many times.

Akito had enough playing games with his son so he grabbed his thin bamboo stick and started to beat Yuki again. The young one again curled against the edge of the cliff, his bloody hands covering his face.

"I… have no choice… it is… God's will…" Akito withdrew from his son and aimed his gun to him. "I have… to kill you…"

 Just before he pulled the trigger, somebody came in behind the tree, grabbed Yuki and jumped from the cliff side to the raging waters below.

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"It… was you…" Yuki looked up to his teacher. "You were the one who…"

"Yes, it was me." Kazuma smiled encouragingly at Yuki. "And I'm happy that you're ok." He turned to look at Akito. "It's over, Akito. Even your own son knows the truth. You set everything up. You made the people believe that Hatori was the one who killed Kana, so that you have the right excuse to get him off his position. You even paid the police for reporting that Kana committed suicide, knowing that we already figured out that you're repeating history."

"Everything you told to me was a lie… you even tried to kill Tohru!" Yuki yelled. "You wanted to do this because of the order?! Your father's ambition?! Why are you so selfish?!"

"I'm not SELFISH! I'm misunderstood! This is the land of our forefathers! This is the land of the rich and noble! Peasants are pests in this land. Soon they might overcome us! The Sohma clan should not be in favor of this phenomenon." Akito explained furiously.

"Yuki, you want to be successful, right? The only way to be successful is to move all the obstacles along the way! The ORDER is the ONE we NEEDED!" he pressed.

"One way of being successful is to face the obstacles, Akito, not ignore and destroy them." Yuki explained. "You're mad about success but instead of gaining it, you will lose it. Why? You'll be sacrificing thousands of lives for this."

"Listen to your son, Akito." Kazuma grinned. "Remember, he represents millions of people in this land."

Akito stared at Yuki and after a few moments, he laughed again madly.

"What? W-What am I thinking… or maybe, repenting?! No, no… I pledged to do this…" he grabbed hold again his gun. "I… Akito Sohma, represent my forefathers… and even God himself! I have the will to wipe out the pests in this land…"

He pointed the gun at Yuki. "And I'll start it from you… PEASANT!"

Akito pulled the trigger and, just before Yuki got hit, he and Kazuma were pushed away by Tohru.

There was a siren heard near them and voices shouted Yuki's name over and over again. One of the familiar voices was Hatori. Akito ran away in fear and Kazuma followed him.

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"No!" Yuki pulled himself up and struggled towards Tohru, who was moaning in pain from the bullet inside her. She almost crying in pain, and Yuki couldn't do anything but to cover the wound on her stomach.

"D-Don't cry… please…" Yuki whispered. Instead of saying anything, she leaned her head against his arm and her hands cupped her own wound. He felt that he was helpless. I failed to protect her… and I even thought at the first place that I could help her…

Before he would curse himself, he felt an encouraging but weak grip. Tohru tried to get his attention and once she did, she smiled at him. "It's over, right? Yuki-kun…w-will be alr-right… right?" she managed to speak in heavy breaths.

Yuki kissed her in forehead. "Yes, it's over…"

He felt someone kneeling beside him and he winced once his wounds were touched. "We need to get you and especially Tohru to a nearby hospital." Hatori whispered. "She's in bad shape."

"Hatori… Akito drugged---"

"Yes, I managed to make an antidote in case this kind of cases arise." He waved his hand to call one of his officials to carry Tohru.

Yuki managed to stand up in Hatori's grip and his mind flew sideward. He was very tired, very weak and very sleepy… but still he was very happy.

Everything will be alright. He told himself.

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"After a few days of search, Akito was found hiding at his suite located at the corner of the country. He was hereby sentenced lifetime imprisonment by the authority." Shigure read the morning papers.

"That serves him right." Kagura nodded as she poured coffee at Shigure's cup. "And finally everything seems normal now."

"Um… not exactly." He sipped from his cup.
"Why not? I mean, Kyou and I got together, Kisa and Hiro got scholarship from a well-organized school, Kazuma managed to carry on his career as a martial art teacher, Ayame was able to expand his business, you and mit-chan got along in publishing you next book and Hatori would be going on his business trip that can affect positively his career." Kagura enumerated.

"Keep going…" Shigure nodded.

"Oh, and Momiji will be running for mayor in the next 5 months."

"Really?! MOMIJI?!" the inu almost yelled.

"Yeah, isn't that great? Haru will be his manager. Weird, right?" she laughed. "He was able to cope up his debts with the help of Yuki---" Kagura stopped as Shigure glared at her after she mentioned Yuki's name. "What?"

"Yuki?"

"Oh yeah, he was able to fix the problem about the land reform and Akito's mixed up plans---"

"I'm not talking about Yuki as in HIM-HIM." Shigure barked. "I meant… HIM-HER"

Kagura stared at him.

"I meant his personal affairs."

"Oh…" Kagura said. "Well, he's been planning that for days now."

"AND?!"

"… it's up to him to tell her." The boar sighed. "C'mon, he can do it!"

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Yuki stood stiffly in front of Momiji's front door. He didn't have neither flowers on his hand nor chocolates on the other. All he had was the ring he bought days ago with his brother on his pocket and shivering hand holding the doorknob.

Just twist the knob and push the door, dammit! His mind yelled over and over again.

Before he could do it, the door opened by itself and the image of beauty stood before him.

"Ohayo, Yuki-kun!" she smiled happily. "How was your day?"

"I-I'm fine." He stammered as she looked at him. "How are you? Are you ok? Is the antidote ok? DO you feel any pain---"

Tohru chuckled lightly. "Yuki-kun, I think the humidity is making you hyper today. Your questions seem endless!"

Yuki stared at her. "Humidity?"

"You're blushing, for short." Momiji yelled from inside. Yuki coughed out a bit and took a deep breath.

Ok, here it goes. "What are you planning to do tonight?"

Tohru wondered for a while. "I don't know. I promised Ayame to help him in his new dresses but unfortunately, he was able to pick a new model." She sighed. "So, what are you planning?"

"A good friend of Shigure will be opening a restaurant somewhere near the Pierre. He was planning to entertain me as a guest of his meals." Yuki explained.

"Oh… so that means you get the meals for free?"

"Yeah, as the acting mayor." He nodded. "But everyone's fully booked up their schedule and I had no one to talk to while I'm eating. And whenever a person is sad in a meal---"

"He or she spoils the food." Tohru finished his sentence.

"I was just wondering if you could join me for dinner…" he breathed out. He gazed at her eyes and she stared at his.

"Are… you asking me out?" Tohru asked.

"… yes." He said finally. "So… what do you think?"

Tohru was almost blushing in front of him and silently nodded. He smiled happily. "I'll meet you tonight then." She whispered before she turned and opened the door.

Before she went inside, Yuki grabbed her on the arm and kissed her lightly on the lips. Tohru surprisingly blinked at him. She was already blushing at deep shades of red. Yuki, because of that, chuckled.

"T-That's not funny." She stammered consciously.

Yuki went closer to her and gazed at her eyes. His hands loosely held her face and kissed her again fully on the lips. Tohru this time, kissed back.

"I love you." He whispered as he pulled back.

"I know." She smiled. "Thank you for everything. I always wish that I can give you something in return---"

"You don't need to." Yuki smiled. "You are my everything."

Tohru smiled and sighed as she was again kissed by the most wonderful guy in the world.

^_^

Epilogue:

"He did?!" Shigure asked. "How did you know?!"

"I have my sources." Hatori's voice rang on the phone. "Honestly, Yuki is so lucky to have her."

"Yeah… but why? It's not very manly." The inu pouted.

"Hey, he tried his best." The doctor replied. "He and Tohru will be settling in Hawaii for a while. By the time they are ready, they'll be heading back."

"And we'll be throwing a party for them!"

"Shigure, I may be on my business trip but I have my eyes watching that house." Hatori warned. "NO PORN! I don't want her to be aware what our clan is up to."

"…what are we up to, anyway?" Shigure asked. At that very moment, Hatori hung up.

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Shigure quickly went towards the kitchen where all of the Sohmas were eager to hear the news.

"What is it?! The suspense is killing me!!!" Kagura yelled.

"Yuki and Tohru Sohma…" Shigure hissed. "…have a healthy and beautiful BABY GIRL!!!"

Everyone started shouting and howling and hugging each other.

"I have a niece!!!" Ayame shouted.

"Everything happened so fast!" Kisa cried.

"Yeah, Yuki was the one who was fast." Shigure nodded. "My friend who owned the restaurant said that he was able to propose to her even BEFORE the main course came!"

"The Nezumi is ALWAYS fast." Kyou grumbled.

"Kyou, can you do the same?" Kagura asked.

"NO!"

"Hey, what's the name of the baby girl?" Haru asked.

Shigure thought for a moment. "What was the name again… oh yeah… I remember…because it is very memorable to everyone's ears."

"Maybe it's AKITA." Hiro laughed.

"Keep quiet!" Kisa hissed.

"Hey, what's the name of my neice!?" Ayame asked angrily. All of them stared at Shigure.

"Kana…" he declared. "Kana is the name of the new member of the Sohma clan."

END

Cool, right? It took me a long time to think.

Anyway, thank you readers for reading my fics. Now, I need to end my note

My 11th story, DEVOTED TO YOU, published at the 29th of May, 2003, is now officially UPDATED, FINISHED and COMPLETED at the 31st of March, 2004, 2:25:33 in the afternoon by z.a.franks, author of Fanfiction.net

Cool huh? It took me a few minutes to think about that speech.

See you in the next story (Need ADVICE)