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D.S. al Coda

Epilogue: The World is not Enough

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009 sighed. He walked down the streets of Tokyo as it poured rain. His face was downcast, and he bumped into someone.

"Pardon me," A girl said. 009 looked up and saw a very familiar girl, blushing at him. She was in dark blue jeans, a black t-shirt over a gray-purple sweatshirt, black Converse, shoulder length light brown hair and spangled blue-green-gray eyes. It was 0021; the girl who broke hearts for fun, the girl that ultimately saved him from himself.

"Oh, 009!" 0021 exclaimed. She was soaked. "It's nice to see you here." Despite being so wet, she managed to hug him and smile.

"It's nice to see you too," 009 replied. "What are you doing here in Japan?"

0021 shrugged. "Looking for you. Are you still going out with 003?"

They began to walk together down the sidewalk. "Sort of. She's in Paris right now, working on a ballet. We're in touch, but it's not really the same."

0021 grinned weakly. "Same thing that happened to me. I had to go back and finish my sophomore year of high school. I just started winter vacation…I was actually able to graduate to my junior year."

"Congratulations," 009 said, for lack of anything better.

They continued walking together for a while, neither kept track of how long. Eventually, 0021 sneezed. 009 turned his neck to face her. She wiped her nose on her sleeve.

"You okay?" She asked.

"Are you?" 009 asked. "You're going to catch a cold if you stay out here much longer. Why don't we go inside?"

He pushed the door open to a small café. 0021 grinned and entered. Her phone began to ring and she pulled it out of her pocket.

"Oh. It's only Tiz. She'll be by soon." 0021 announced. She and 009 sat down at a small table and ordered two hot cocoas. 0021 smiled across at 009 as he returned her a puzzled look.

"Did you plan this?" He asked. 0021 shook her head.

"No. But we're all here." 0021 said. All noise in the café ceased.

A pair of two girls sitting together melted into the faces of 0043 and 0016. 0014 and 002 popped out from behind the counter. 007 transformed from a wall. A huge group of friends turned into 003, 004, 005, 0015, 0018, 0020, 0037, 0049 and 0061. Another group became 006, 007, 008, Diana, Andrew, Artemis, 0042, 0034, and 0050. One last girl became 0017.

"I told you," 0021 said, beaming at 009's puzzlement. "Don't you understand? It's never over. Like a song."

009 only nodded. He looked around.

"Like taking a D.S. al coda." 0021 said.

"D.S. al coda…"

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D.S. AL CODA – THE END

Yes, here it is. We've finally made it to owari! I'm so happy! Since there is going to be a sequel, my thanks will wait until the end of it. But thanks for reading from February to August! You guys are so totally awesome! See you in Riprendere, in September!

This has been Mika and Sadie, signing out.