Chapter 9 and I am sorry to say that this is the last chapter of this story. But I am not done with my writing avocation just yet. I was thinking of making a couple stories. Here are the summaries:

Searching For Toya's Heart-It's like the book Searching for David's Heart, which is the best book ever! It fits in with Card Captor Sakura.

That's What I Go To School For-Another CCS story, not a songfic but it fits with the song pretty well.

At Death I Will Not Leave You-An Inuyasha fic. What happens when Inuyasha dies and his reincarnation comes to Kagome's school? Will she forget the man she loved so quickly? (Published and finished)

The Battle For Ichigo's Heart-A sequel to Letting Down Myself. I think the title kind of explains it. (Published and finished)

Anyway, on with the story. Oh, and for Inuyasha fans who like this story, the new game for the PS2 (Inuyasha; The Secret Of The Cursed Mask) is out and it rocks! I don't have a PS2 and I bought it so my friend is lending me her PS2. Anyway, I am pretty far, so if you are just starting the game and need pointers, feel free to ask.

I do not own TMM

Ichigo jolt up and moaned as she did so. She was surrounded by her mother and her personal doctor. Her mother was crying tear's of joy when she found out Ichigo was alive. She hugged her daughter and whispered, "I thought this time you weren't coming back...I'm so glad." Ichigo smiled but her smile turned into a frown. "Where's Ryou?" she asked. A grim expression crossed their faces. "He is ok, right?"

"Ichigo, Ryou...Ryou might not make it..." her mother said sadly.

"I believe the arrow might have struck his heart, and if it did, there is a slim chance he'll make it," the doctor explained. Ichigo immediately broke into tears. She must have been doubly cursed. First Masaya, now Ryou, who next? Kish was still alive, so he could come back and kill Zakuro. Ichigo got up slowly and went toward Ryou's bed, which she saw was right next to hers. She noticed the big machines around him and knew he was on life support. She bent down over Ryou and started crying.

Her tears fell onto the soft blankets that covered him. Zakuro's mother went toward Ichigo and put a hand on her shoulder. "Ichigo...if he doesn't make it...it might be for the best...the people who witnessed you two getting pierced with arrows also saw that King Shirogane killed himself. He couldn't go through the guilt with killing his own son," she whispered. Ichigo got up and wiped her tears. She was still crying, but she started walking away.

Before leaving Ryou's bedside, she whispered "Goodbye Ryou," and flicked away more tears. One in particular landed on Ryou's forehead. As Ichigo, her mother, and the doctor left the room, Ryou's eyes slowly opened. It was blurry at first, but he then noticed his surroundings as the private hospital in the castle. He heard feet moving and turned toward the door. Ichigo was leaving him; her face streaked with tears. "Ichigo..." he said as loud as he could.

She couldn't here him. He tried to get up but the pain in his chest made it really hard. Groaning, he got up. Ichigo heard Ryou's moaning and turned around. She saw Ryou sitting up on his bed; his face contorted with pain. Her tears of sorrow became tears of happiness and she ran back toward him. She wanted to hug him as hard as she could, but stopped herself as she was about to embrace him.

"Ichigo..." he whispered. "Come closer." She came closer until she was about a foot away from him. It was like he wanted to tell her a secret because he told her to come even closer. She did get closer and where their faces were only inches apart, he gave her a surprise kiss. This caught Ichigo off guard but seconds later she deepened the kiss. When they broke apart, Ichigo asked, "Ryou...are you going to die and you wanted to do that because this might be our last kiss?" Ryou chuckled. "No, I think I'll be just fine...what happened to my father?" he then asked. Ichigo's face looked dark and gloomy when he said that.

"Ryou...your father...he committed suicide...he thought you were dead...and he couldn't live with that...I'm really sorry Ryou," she finished. She was going to talk on, but Ryou stopped her. "No Ichigo, I'm sorry. My father, he got out of control and I endangered your life because of it. Maybe...maybe this was for the best," he said a couple of tears coming down his cheeks. Ichigo disagreed. "But Ryou, now our children won't even know who there own grandfather is!" she blurted out and immediately took back what she said. She blushed a deep crimson color.

Ryou chuckled. "What makes you think we're going to have children?" he said sarcastically.

"Of course we're going to have kids, and I guess we can't change that now can we?" This time, Ichigo pulled him into a kiss and when they parted, she whispered, "I love you Ryou Shirogane."

4 months later...

We see Ryou and Ichigo kissing in front of the altar. Its there wedding day and flower petals are dancing as they fall from the sky. Ichigo throws her bouquet and a bunch of girls go after it.

Lettuce is the one who caught it first. Ryou stops to take the band off of Ichigo's leg and threw it at a crowd of men. Tart tried jumping up and down to get it but it was caught by Pai who just stood there and caught it while Tart was jumping around. Pai looked over to see who caught the bouquet and sees Lettuce standing there with the bundle of flowers. Lettuce also notices that Pai has the band and blushes as Pai stares in shock at Lettuce.

And after the wedding, Ryou got onto Lightning and helped Ichigo up. And they rode into the sunset, but instead of the regular "Just Married" sign, there was that and another sign. It read "A Wonderful Curse Has Brought Us Together."

The End

Wow, this story is finally finished. Ok, I don't think your to happy about it, but you can always check out the stories mentioned above. I think I'll start on The Battle For Ichigo's Heart Thanksgiving Vacation. I got braces...again. I had them when I was in fourth grade and my orthodontist said "I needed a break" from braces. So I have them again and my teeth are sore. Everyone says that it hurts to get braces put on. Well I say "It doesn't hurt when they put them on, it hurts about 7 hours after they are put on. I am hungry and yet it hurts when I chew; I can't even play my beloved saxophone, one of the few memories of my grandfather. (He played sax to, that's why I got into saxophone.) Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I did writing it. I'm serious; I was walking home from school wondering "Ok, I need to get chapter (insert number) ready to go. What should I write?" I absolutely love writing stories; maybe one day it'll turn from an avocation to a vocation. Ok, I need to stop sounding smarter than I actually am, sorry; spelling test got these stupid words in my head. I really mean one day it'll turn from a hobby to a job. Oh, and no summary to another story I'm writing; hello, I just gave you four different summaries for stories in the making at the very top. Anyway, read and review, over and out. -Nibzo