A/N Omg it's the last chapter! –dies- Sorry it took me so long. Hope you all enjoyed the story as much as I liked writing it. Arigatou minna, thanks everyone, for reading and reviewing. I appreciate it very much so.

We found Tima at the police station.

"Michuru!" she ran over and half hugged me, "They arrested Shikou!"

"Yah, I heard!" I giggled, as if we were back in high school talking about some crush. I felt absolutely giddy. Now things were going right. Now it was all better. I tried talking to the police but they kept telling me they couldn't tell me anything.

"Maybe Tima knows something?" Haruka suggested to me as we waited there.

"Maybe, but she left with Mizuno-san and Ami…" I said pondering what exactly was going on. Just then two more people were brought in. The social worker and his gum-chewing secretary. With them was Megumi-san's secretary.

"Um…" I racked my brain for a name, "Ikaro-san! Where is Megumi-san?" He looked surprised to see us there.

"Kaiou-san, what are you doing here?"

"We came to find out what's going on." Haruka volunteered.

"Maybe Megumi-san can tell you when he gets back," he suggested, his attention toward something else. My anger flared.

"I don't care how private this is, I was more involved in this than any of you and I have a full right to know!" I exclaimed.

"Well," he looked startled, "Alright, let me wrap things up here and then we'll go somewhere and talk."

It took 3 hours to 'wrap things up'. By then it was lunch time. Haruka suggested we go to Mako's café and Ikaro agreed. When we walked in, we were crowded by Minako, Rei and Makoto.

"Michiru-san!"

"We heard about Ami!"

"How are things?!"

Quickly Haruka asked Makoto for a private spot for us to talk in and promised them we'd tell them what's going on as soon as we found out ourselves. Makoto stationed us in a corner a bit away from the main scene of the restaurant. In fact no one would be able to hear us unless they were sitting on tables nearby. Efficiently she also got Minako to serve us lunch and said it was "on the house."

"After Megumi-san matched up the list we had of suspects to the names registered in bank, he first found the police and explained things to them. He also talked to the judge who was going to watch the case of Mizuno-san. The judge, looking at the situation, did talk to chief commander, who had these people arrested. But arresting a few people is not enough, so Megumi-san went to the government again to prove to them that he is onto something. He suspects that there is a criminal organization involved, and he is going to try to find it out by getting more people to help him." Ikaro finished as we silently ate and contemplated all this.

"Will he be able to get government support?" Haruka asked after a long pause.

"I can't say," the secretary said defeated. His words almost scared me, and I hoped that he was wrong. That Megumi-san would get government support. Or else all would be lost.

Ikaro told us it might take Megumi-san a few days to get back. Couple of days later I was in the living room watching TV. Haruka was making herself a cup of tea. The window was slightly ajar and the cool pleasant evening breeze made me shiver involuntarily.

"You look cold," Haruka commented entering.

"Not cold, just…" I trailed off. I didn't need to tell her. She knew what it was that was bothering me. Before I realized it she had set her tea cup down and hugged me from behind, pulling my back against her chest.

"It'll be okay," she said, "We'll survive, like we always have before."

I remembered that I was always the one giving positive views. I was always the one cheering Haruka up. When had all that changed? I held her arms to me tighter and wondered what had happened to me.

"What's that frown for?" she asked turning me slightly to face her.

"We have changed a lot, haven't we?"

"Yes, we have, and it's not all for the better either," she sighed, "but there is no point in dwelling on it, love."

"I can't help it…" I said almost inaudibly. She didn't say anything. I couldn't even tell if she heard me. I was about to expand more on what I was thinking when suddenly the shrill ringing of the phone made us both jump.

"Hello?" Haruka picked up. I watched her face, frowning again.

"Yes," she said looking directly at me, "Yes, we're coming." And she hung up.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Get ready, Megumi-san is back and he wants to see us, right now." She said leaning down and kissing my cheek and then we both grabbed our coats and left.

"There are complications, you see," Megumi-san sighed, "But it's mainly under control."

"Well what exactly happened?" I asked eagerly, leaning forward. I felt as if this man had the power to decide what happened next in my life. And I sure as hell felt scared of what he was going to say. We were sitting in his warm office. Haruka, as usual, had been silent except for a hello. I suppose she realized I wanted to handle these things on my own, but I still needed her presence for support.

"What I uncovered, Kaiou-san, is a very dangerous organization, an organization that sells children. That had been selling children for quite many years. It is very hard to trace members down because basically not every member knows every other member. It is messy business trying to prove that these sort of organizations exist, let alone prove what they doing," he leaned back in his chair sighing once again.

"Before sperm banks were introduced these men either seduced lonely and single women or, at times, raped them. After sperm banks they did the same thing, only a bit more neatly, which is what happened to you. The social worker gave us evidence that this happened because he very carelessly wrote down the instructions he received to have you in his office at that time and he was also told that Tenou-san had been away." This time he nodded toward Haruka, who just pursed her lips together.

"Of course he didn't know exactly what was going to happen. But he had a hint of it. In the past, I believe, once the father got custody of these children they were eventually sold off as child laborers and such. Sometimes they were sold off to beggar organizations. Beggar organizations in third world countries would buy them, very often mutilate them, and force them to beg, since people tend to give money to children more often than adults." I winced at what he was telling me. What kind of monsters were these?! I saw Haruka had a pained expression as well.

"For now I can't prove very much, but in time I am hoping I can bust these people out. Many of them have been arrested and many on probation or on house arrest. As for you, Kaiou-san, you're free to go unless I need you to testify someday."

Smiling his kind smile, he dismissed us and we left his office. Holding hands we went out in the fresh air. A chapter of our life had been closed, another was going to open. The scars of this old chapter would remain with us forever as we would face this new one together. I was scared, yet I was eager as well. I wanted to know what was waiting for us next. Maybe this time it was a good chapter. Maybe it was the happy ending chapter. So, as we stepped out under the blue sky, I embraced the cool breeze with Haruka, as if welcoming the new chapter of my life.

A/N An abrupt ending, yes I know, but it was my intention. Thanks to all my reviewers, because it was their reviews that kept me going, and thanks to all my readers for deeming my story worthy of their time. I love you all, really and truly.