Author's Note: Dun da-da dum! Here we are! We have traveled to the final chapter.

Thanks for most of you bearing with my OOCness. I think even if I watch the rest of the series though, I wouldn't change these fics I write for the world. Not even for the unsatisfied. If anyone Korean is out there and notices this is almost like a mini-KD, then yay for you!

This fic was definetly a result of my frustration against KD producers and the way they seem to run things in their stories. Especially "Stairway to Heaven." I mean, what honestly was that? It was a surprising twist and an evil, pointless one that the guy randomly did at the very end to make the sad story a happy ending and then a sad ending. On the very last tape. When I saw that, I was like, "You have got to be kidding me."

Anyway, maybe I'll be mean with mine too. HAHA! I'll be the next evil KD producer! Hahaha. Okay, you be the judge.

Disclaimer & Warnings: Everything was listed first two chapters and chapter 7.

Pairing: YoKen mostly, RanOmi is still there, but only mere hints of it.

Fic Note: Maybe a sequel should be in order? Maybe not! You decide, readers! If I get at least 4 or 5 reviews for a sequel, that'll convince me. I want to know that at least a small handful of people are curious for more. No real reason to write a sequel that no one would want to read otherwise. If not, just review (or don't, if you don't feel like it, not expecting any forced ones) like usual. Good to hear from you all anyways.

Thanks to everyone who has stayed with the entire program! Much love to all of you! Especially my consistent reviewers. You all know who you are!

Fixed a few minor errors in the other chapter. A beta reader pointed out I need to ," instead of ", Hahaha. Thanks, digi.

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"Look, lady. What do you mean you can't let us see him?" Yoji asked, frustrated.

The nurse looked at Yoji, afraid, but remained firm. "I'm sorry, sir. The doctor was very specific...you may wait in the waiting room even after the end of visiting hours, but that's as far as your privileges go for the moment."

Ran gave the woman a critical stare. There was something the woman wasn't saying, and he highly disliked people who kept secrets from people who needed to hear them, but he decided to wait it out. Ran wanted badly to ram the woman's head into the wall to get the information, but that just wasn't his style. He grabbed Yoji's shoulder to calm him. "We wait," he growled.

"But Aya!" Yoji responded, annoyed.

Omi grabbed both of their arms, trying to calm them. "Let's just wait in the waiting room, guys...they even said we can stay after visiting hours...we'll just have to wait it out."

Yoji gave the timid nurse one last death glare before finding himself a seat. Ran sat down next with Omi sitting in the seat between the two, trying to prevent more outbursts. Yoji was restless. "Something's happened to him..."

Omi's eyes grew big and round. "Please don't say that, Yoji-kun! I'm sure Ken is all right!" he said with slight uncertainty.

Ran just sat the whole time, not looking at either Weiss member. His mind was in a flurry of panic, but he tried not to show it. He was trying not to think of the worst possible situations Ken could be in, yet his mind kept wandering to those thoughts. Each of the Weiss members sat in uncomfortable silence, waiting for some kind of report.

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Everything was a blinding white. Ken walked around cautiously. Something about the place didn't seem too horrid, though. In fact, the white seemed very warm and inviting. He took a few more steps forward, and he saw the most beautiful place in the world. He was in a field of lush greens, and there were many beautiful trees and flowers. The sky was a magnificent blue, with clouds that were so white and puffy. There were streams flowing, and there was a giant waterfall in the middle of it all. The waterfall was flowing from nowhere, Ken soon found, as he neared it, it seemed to be coming from an invisible crack in the scenery. It was mostly quiet until Ken neared closer to the waterfall, and he heard children playing. The sounds seemed to be coming from the other side of the waterfall.

Ken stepped into the waterfall, and found he was addicted to the feel. He smiled as he let his body soak in it. To his horror, when he opened his eyes, he saw the water turn a dark red. He looked at his hands. The blood of the people he had killed was coming off of him. He wasn't sure if this was a good or a bad thing. He felt that he had to move, to preserve the beauty of the water, but it just felt so good. Suddenly, the waterfall stopped. Ken looked up, and then looked at his hands. All the blood was gone. He was clean again. He looked at his feet, and the blood was running down the stream, appearing to be seperate from the water itself. He looked down the stream in awe, and then he felt himself get pulled backwards.

He fell, and he saw a young boy smile at him. "Hey mister!" the boy said, "Want to come play with us?"

Ken blinked. "Uh...play?"

The boy smiled and nodded. "Uh-huh! In this place, we can play forever."

Ken blinked again. "Um...where are we, anyway?"

The boy laughed at him. "You don't know?"

Ken shook his head. "Oh! I'll tell you then. You're in Paradise."

"Para...dise? Why would I be here...?"

The boy smiled. "Because you belong here!"

Ken frowned slightly. "But I've done so many...bad things..."

The boy seemed to think for a moment. "Well, did the waterfall call you? Or did you not see one?"

"Call...me?"

"Yeah, you can't really hear it, but something about it makes you want to walk to it? I've never seen it myself, but there are some people here who saw a waterfall before they came."

Ken nodded slowly. "Yes...there was a waterfall..."

The boy's eyes grew big. "Really? So that can only mean one thing!"

Ken blinked. "What's that?"

The boy smiled happily. "That means that yes, you did something pretty bad..."

Ken winced. The boy continued, "But the falls cleansed you of it, because it had a request."

"A...request...?"

The boy nodded. "Yup! Someone wished something before their deaths. They probably wished you would end up here."

Ken's eyes widened slightly. "Who would..."

The boy smiled. "It doesn't really matter. You can find them later. Let's go play now!"

Bewildered, Ken got up and ran with the boy. They seemed to run for a long time before they reached a sort of small town. The boy pointed to one of the houses. "I live there. You can try finding your house at the registry in that building over there", the boy pointed another place, "But let's go play a little first, please?"

Ken nodded slowly. "O-okay..."

"Yay! Wait here, okay?"

Ken nodded again. He watched the boy go to the middle of the town and whistle, very loudly. Children came running from all sides. The boy said something to them, and pointed to Ken. They all smiled and the boy motioned for Ken to come over. Ken walked towards them. "Mister," the boy said, "We all wanted to know what kind of game you wanted to play. Since you're new, we thought you'd want to pick the game!"

Ken blinked, still not getting the concept of this world. It was so happy and peaceful. And someone had wanted him to come here? When he was pretty sure he deserved a place in Hell? Not that he wasn't grateful for this gift. But he was still confused.

"Mister?" the boy's voice broke into his thoughts.

Ken looked down at them and smiled sheepishly. "Uh...how about...soccer? Anybody know that one?"

The boy crinkled his nose. "What's that?"

Ken's eyes widened and he flashed a big smile. "It's a game where you hit the ball with your feet and-"


"Oh!" the boy's face lit up with recognition, "Football!"

Ken was confused a moment, and then smiled. The boy must have come from another country. "Yes! That's the one."

It only took a few moments to explain to the children who didn't know, and they all got started. Ken had never felt so alive in his life. He felt the wind rush right through him, and he found himself laughing with all his might along with the children. Suddenly, he heard his name being called. "Hidaka! Ken!" in a large booming voice.

Everyone stopped playing. The boy that had brought Ken into this place smiled at Ken. "Uh-oh! Looks like you have to make a visit to the Judge."

Ken blinked. "The Judge...?"

The boy nodded. "Yes. The Judge of Paradise. Someone must be looking for you. Come on, let's go!"

Ken followed the children who were running back into town. The boy pointed at the large building he had shown Ken before again. "Go there. That's where the Judge will be waiting for you."

Ken hesitated a moment, but ran quickly inside when he heard his name boomed out again. The inside appeared larger than the outside. "Come...forward!" the same voice boomed, "And hurry up, we don't have all the time in the world!"

Ken walked up to the person who appeared to be the Judge. He was an old man with small glasses on his face with a large book in front of him. He looked at Ken kindly. "You are, Hidaka?"

Ken nodded slowly. This place was just full of surprises. "Hidaka, Ken...ah yes, I remember now," the man slid off his glasses and rubbed his nose, "It appears there is

a slight problem with your arrival today."

Ken looked at the man blankly. "Huh?"

The man chuckled. "Well, it seems your death isn't set for quite a long time. Your death was purely accidental."

Now things seemed to make sense. "I'm...dead!"

The man laughed. "Yes, yes you are. You have been dead for about four minutes now. On Earth, anyway."

Ken gulped. "So...what does that mean? I'm stuck here forever?"

The man shook his head. "Actually, that is the good news. You saved someone else from death, so you will be sent back."

Ken was feeling a bit faint. "Okay..."

"And there's more good news."

Ken rubbed the back of his neck. "There is...?"

The man nodded. "Yes. Because you saved someone else from their death, and we have no record of you wishing for someone's soul to be saved...we'll allow you to wish for a soul now."

Ken crinkled his nose. "Like someone who saved me and allowed me to come here?"

The man nodded. "Yes."

Ken bit his lower lip as he thought about this. How could he pick only one of his friends and give them security? And would he still end up here if he died a second time? The Judge laughed, he seemed to have picked up on Ken's worries. "You will be here again, rest assured. And you may save more than one...but each will cost you."

"Cost...?"

"Yes. The opportunity to save souls is free for you, normally if you never thought of anyone to save, you just come here, and no one else is saved. But your death is not yet final, so you have a chance...but you must pay for each soul you save."

"With what, exactly?"

The man smiled. "With something of vital importance to you. For example, you could choose to forget the love of someone, or lose an arm or leg."

Ken cringed at the thought of losing a limb. "Is this all permanent...?"

"Well...it depends on what you choose to lose. Losing an arm will definetly be permanent until you return here. Losing interest in something well...we make exceptions," the man winked, "Normally, we make it policy to make every transaction permanent until death, but it all depends on the type of person as well."

The man handed Ken a quill and some parchment. "Now...what you do is put the full name of the person on the left, and you put what you wish to sacrifice for that person on the right. If you can't think of anyone, you just sign the parchment and you're on your way back home."

Ken stared at the paper. The man continued, "Oh, and one more thing. You won't remember your time here, until you are near death. That is another free warning we give people, so that they can choose the soul they want to save. It'll be more apparent to you than most, because the memory of your short time here will also be with you, unlike most people who just feel that death is around the corner. If you want to save another at that time, you may-without penalty."

Ken hurriedly scribbled down what he would give up. He then put each of his three friend's names at the side of one. Somehow, each name seemed to match what he was giving up. Signing the paper, he handed it back to the Judge. The old man took the paper, looked at it, and smiled at Ken approvingly. "Life will be a bit complicated for you from this...you must have great confidence in your friends."

Ken smiled. "I do."

The man rolled up the parchment and put it away in a slot. "Well then, we'll be seeing you again, Ken Hidaka."

Ken looked at his hands and realized he was fading away. He remembered something and looked up at the man. "Wait! I just want to know...who saved me?"

The man smiled. "A mother's love goes a long way," was all he said before Ken felt himself spiraling out of the peace and the calm.

The doctor had been just about to order everyone to shut down all of the life support systems when he saw, out of the corner of his eye, Ken's body arch back and heard him let out a choked breath. The monitor resumed its monotonous beeping, revived from a flatline. Everyone was silent as the doctor checked over Ken, then he signaled that the boy was all right, and that he was finally stable, just comatose. The cheers erupted from the room. They had lost Ken for almost seven minutes. Ken had spent his seven minutes in Heaven, and not a minute more.

The doctor shook his head as he watched the nurses prepare Ken for relocation. "Just amazing..."

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The heads of the three Weiss shot up as the saw the familiar nurse running madly from the emergency room end towards them. They misinterpreted her expression. Yoji was the first to greet her, and roughly. He grabbed her shoulders, his frustration and fears all being released on this woman as he shook her. "Where is he? What's going on?"

Ran and Omi tried to pry Yoji away from the nurse as she tried to catch her breath and speak. She started excitedly, "It was the most amazing thing..."

Yoji started to let the nurse down. "Oh no..." he thought, "Amazing...? What happened to Ken!"

The woman took in a gulp of air and started again, "This boy...he stopped breathing, and we lost him for-"

"Nani!" Omi shouted out, "You lost Ken? How is that amazing?"

Yoji completely let go of his grip of the nurse, numb. "Ken's...dead...?"

Ran clenched his fists at his side, he stared at the woman. "You're not finished."

The woman shook her head nervously. She had been so excited to tell the good news to these people, she hadn't even planned out how she was going to say this. "No, I wasn't finished. As I was saying..." she wrung her hands, "He was lost for seven minutes. Seven whole minutes."

Omi put a hand to his mouth. The woman continued, "But right when the doctor was going to shut down all of the systems-he wasn't responding to anything, you see-the boy suddenly revives out of nowhere!"

The three Weiss boys were silent. The nurse looked among them nervously and then lifted her hands up in exasperation. "Don't you all get it? The boy left this world and came back by chance! You all should be celebrating, not preparing for his funeral!"

The realization suddenly sunk in. Omi hugged Ran and Yoji had to lean on a wall out of relief. Ran looked at the nurse with an intimidating stare. The woman backed away a little bit. She couldn't understand how someone as good-natured as Ken could end up with such a dangerous looking crowd, save the chibi. She nervously half-smiled. "Yes...? Well, what is it?"

"So...where is Ken?" Ran asked finally.

Omi looked up, "Yes, and how is his condition?"

The nurse seemed to think for a moment. "Well...they're moving him back into the room he was in before...and he is comatose right now..." she said with a cautious air, trying not to upset the Weiss.

A small feeling of doom settled upon them, but they were grateful that Ken was still alive. The nurse spoke again, "Oh, and he's in much stabler condition now. That boy is just full of miracles."

They all looked at her numbly. The nurse then clapped her hands happily. "Oh yes! I'm sure you all would like to see him soon! I think they've already put him in the room upstairs, so we should take the elevator up to go see him. Follow me, please!"

Without hesitation, the three Weiss followed the nurse to the elevator and they made their way to the third floor. They stopped in front of Ken's room, and the nurse went inside first to make sure everything was in ready order before inviting the boys in. After the nurse had left them all alone, the three Weiss looked over Ken. The only sign that Ken was really alive at all was the consistent beeping of his health monitor. Ran and Omi were locked in a reassuring embrace as they watched Yoji hold Ken's hand and brush the boy's hair out of his face.

It was getting very late. The nurse came back into the room. "Well boys, you could spend the night here if you'd like."

Omi yawned and Ran looked over at Yoji, who smiled at them. "You guys should head on home...I'll be right here with Ken."

That was all Ran needed to hear. He faced the nurse. "We'll be leaving."

The nurse nodded and stepped aside, allowing Ran and Omi through. Yoji rummaged through his pocket. "Hey, Aya!"

Ran turned and raised an eyebrow. "Catch."

Ran caught Yoji's keys with one hand. "What about you?"

Yoji shrugged. "Just come back tomorrow."

Ran nodded. "All right. Tomorrow..."

After everyone left, and he was left with a pillow and a blanket by the nurse, Yoji rested his head by Ken's, his hand still holding Ken's as he went to sleep.

"Aya...?" Omi spoke sleepily.

"Hn...?"

"You think he'll be all right...?"

Ran patted Omi on the hand as he drove them to Ran's house. Omi could stay over, and he could just go back to his house after work tomorrow. "He'll be fine..."

Omi smiled and fell asleep. "Yeah...you're right...Ken's going to be okay now..."

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"Hey, Yoji!"

Yoji turned and smiled at the chibi. "Yeah? What is it, Omi?"

"How about these?" Omi held up some flowers for Yoji.

Yoji looked at them, and smiled, adding them to his bouquet. Ran had already contributed his selection earlier. "Yeah...these look good."

"Are you leaving now?"

Yoji nodded, taking the basket. "Yeah, I've got to."

"All right. I'll tell Aya when he comes back."

Yoji smiled. "Thanks, Omi."

Omi smiled and followed Yoji out. He watched Yoji get into his car and waved a farewell to Yoji as he sped off into the distance. Omi sighed happily and went back inside of the store, waiting for Ran.

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Yoji stepped in quietly to the shaded room. He frowned as he set the basket of flowers by the stand by Ken's head. He closed the door behind him and opened the blinds, allowing the light to come through and illuminate the room and he smiled. Ken would like this far better. He probably missed the outdoors. Yoji then pulled up a chair next to Ken and held one of Ken's hands, carressing it gently. He brushed his lips lightly over Ken's head and he he spoke to his sleeping lover silently. He then rested his head next to Ken's.

"Hey, love..." Yoji whispered, "How are you today...?"

The steady beeping of the monitor was his only response. Yoji sighed a little. "It's been two months...you know...you've been sleeping a long time."

He laughed and ran his thumb gently over Ken's hand. "Weiss was disbanded for good this time...Kritiker is making a new team...we're free, Ken. We got lucky, eh? It's too bad we can't take back our sins..."

The beeping seemed to increase a bit before it calmed down again. Yoji laughed. "You're excited too, huh..." he closed his eyes and smiled, starting to fall asleep.

"I love you so much, Ken...wake up soon...okay?" he whispered.

The scene looked so peaceful. The suns rays were warm on both men, and the white of the room seemed milky and fluffy, cushioning them. The small alarm clock on the stand went off behind the flowers, causing peaceful violin and piano music to flow. The beeping of the health monitor seemed less piercing, and more like a soft tone that could make someone envision a droplet of water falling from a leaf and causing ripples. Yoji felt his eyes closing, about to go off into his dreamworld of being together forever with Ken. Ken was dreaming of bits and pieces of his time in Paradise.

"I'll wait for you forever, love...but don't take too long. Wake up, Ken...wake up soon..."

OWARI!

Saiki.Kensuke.Yuuta: The end! Should I make a sequel...? I want to, but I don't know if that's a good idea. Oh well. Reviews please!

Look out for another Weiss fic and two new Gravitation fics. That's where I'll be hitting next!