A/N: I'm sorry to the people that actually read this fic but this is the FINAL CHAPTERR!! yea... pretty short, but no more ideas came to my itty bitty brain, therefore it is ending now. :] Hope you enjoy this final chapter. And... of course THANKS TO ALL FOR ALL THEM WONDERFUL REVIEWS. ::high fives to all::

A Thousand Cranes

Chapter Eight - A Thousand Cranes

Night fell across the sky and Tohru had fallen asleep with Kyo underneath the oak tree, feeling the cool breeze swooping by them. Kyo stirred and woke up slowly, with a sleepy smile lifting up the corners of his mouth as the remnants of their first kiss gathered in his mind. He looked to his side and saw her leaning her light head on top of his broad shoulders with a serene smile on her face. He whispered out,

"You awake?"

No answer. Kyo shook her lightly and she groaned out,

"Just a little longer..."

Kyo shook her again, except with less gentleness, making her grin while lifting her head off of his shoulder sleepily. He rubbed his shoulder bone and pretended to have a pained expression on his face,

"Your big head was hurting my shoulder!"

Tohru's laughed out loud and rubbed his shoulder with her hand, massaging it lightly as she apologized,

"Sorry."

Kyo rolled his eyes at her and then got up from his spot, helping her up in the process.

"C'mon, let's get you home, it's getting late."

Tohru nodded, feeling a little sad at the thought of departing because she wanted to stay with him for as long as possible, but there was a part of her that knew that she had to get home too so she nodded in agreement. Kyo smirked at her and grabbed her hand in his, squeezing it lightly within his warm hand. Her cheeks flushed to a red color and then they both shyly began their walk side by side, with no words being spoken at all. They both didn't care that there was silence though, because it just felt nice to not talk once in a while. Tohru sighed with content when they stopped at the curb of a street, waiting for the streetlight to signal them to walk. When she finally had the nerve to glance up at him, she saw him quickly flick his eyes away from her with a red tinted face. She smiled at his abash behavior and felt her mood lift up as she watched the signal blink red. When the light finally switched to the little blue man walking, they both stepped into the street together and began to walk, not noticing the car that was zooming right at them. Glaring headlights blinded Tohru's eyes and she screamed when she heard Kyo yell out above the sound of the screeching wheels,

"Watch out!!!"

Tohru was shoved to the side of the curb and there was a whirling dizziness pounding in her head as she grimaced. Her vision was blurred for a few seconds and all she could hear were the deafening echoes of the loud sirens and whispers of passing strangers. Tohru lifted her body up with her cut up arms and crawled slowly to where the people were beginning to gather. She felt her mouth grow dry and her whole body begin shake when she saw Kyo's body on the cold gravel, covered in crimson liquid, quivering. Her lower lip trembled and she blocked out all of the noises, her world turning black and white right before her eyes. She stuttered out his name with a squeaky voice,

"K-Kyo-kun?"

His lips were bleeding and his eyes were on the verge of closing, but he weakly drove through the pain just to lift up a trembling hand to touch her smooth pale skin. His fingers grazed against her skin and immediately became wet with all of the tears that were pouring down from her eyes silently. She touched his shaking hand with both of her hands and said desperately with a cracking voice,

"Please hold on...please..."

He croaked out with a glint in his eye,

"I... had to... protect y...ou..."

More tears fell down from her eyes and she shut her eyes, hoping that this was all one big nightmare. Her shoulders shook violently as her sobs grew harder and she lay her head down near his ear, whispering out to him,

"I love you so much..."

She leaned back a little so that she could stare into his beautiful crimson eyes that had filled with fresh tears. Tears were spilling every second that passed but she felt a shaky smile light up her face when she saw his lips curling up to form a weak lopsided smile. She held his hand tighter in her grip, wanting desperately to hear him call out her name and tell her that he loved her, but instead all she heard was silence, the flutter of his eyes, and the fall of his hands from her frozen face. A huge pain in her chest coursed through her veins when she saw his body gradually draining of color, and that's when she heard a high-pitched scream. It belonged to her.

TOHRU POV [Months Later...]

I still remember the day that you gave me my first crane,

and then taught me how to make my second one too...

In fact, I remember all of the moments that we shared together.

The time when we bumped into each other at the bookstore,

the day when we were swinging through the air in the park,

the time when we ran through the rain together, laughing,

the day when you took my hands and danced me through the night,

the countless times we talked underneath your oak tree,

the day when you told me you loved me,

the time when you stood there in the rain for me,

the day when you promised that you would protect me forever...

and the time when you first kissed me...

I never forgot those memories, and I cherish them all deep in my heart,

because you taught me a lot of things in life.

Now I look at the two cranes sitting on top of my desk, and before I can even think,

I feel my fingers folding every single sheet of origami paper that I have left in my house.

I find myself folding, and folding, and folding until my fingers feel like they're going to fall off.

I cry so many silent tears while I make these cranes,

but I still keep on going, day through night, until I finish making a thousand of them, just for you.

Now I place them on top of your gravestone every year.

Wishing for your happiness.

I love you, now and forever.

I'll never forget you and the first day that I saw you,

making those cranes...

THE END

Please don't kick my ass for making him die.. but you know, drama happens. Hahhas, anyway, I hope you enjoyed the story from the beginning all the way to the very end, and thanks to everyone who put up with this story for so long and put in the time to actually read and review all of the chapters... it means a lot to me to know that you people actually care. :D Hehe, I already have another story planted in my head, so until next time folks! I'll totally be back with another story, and I hope you all will stay, wait, and read it okay? LOVE Y'ALL! hahas LOTSUH LOVE 3 3 3 3 and 1000 Thanks to EVERYONE who read and reviewed.

Little Tidbit: The next story is definitely gonna be KYORU!! hahahs it always is... lol well, thats all I can say the rest is CONFIDENTIAL :x hehes well see ya guys later. ;] ENJOY YOUR SUMMER BOYS AND GALS.

THIS STORY IS DEDICATED TO MY FRIEND LORETTA AND HER PAST LOVE WITH THIS KID hahahs and she gave me this idea and all about the origami thingies :D THANKS SUPER MUCH! ::snaps for loretta:: hahahs and her lover lmaoo ;]