Hellllooo everyone. Sorry for the lack of update. I had to update the other ones, and plus school. Thank you all for the reviews. They are, indeed, awesome.

Sorry for any spelling errors. I know, I make a lot of them, and i do use spell check, but I always make errors and it never picks it up. So, sorry.

Okay, I know, your going to murder me. But this isn't even close to the ending of this story. I promise you its not. It make seem that way, but its not. Okay? Pleeeassee don't kill me, mmkay? Okay.

Enjoy.

The next day, they sat under a tree in the shadier part of the park. It was a hot day, they didn't want to run around in the sun all day. Ayame leaned against Koga's chest, while her head laid against his shoulder. He only held her close.

Only a few feet away, were children playing. They were sprinting about the lake. Laughing merrily, and jumping about.

"How many kids do you want, Koga?" Ayame asked. Koga jumped a little after hearing that question.

"I...uh...erm...well...how about four?" he asked with a little blush. Ayame blushed as well.

"Four? Well…that's quite a lot." She said quietly. Koga sat up and hugged Ayame closer.

"Well…were going to be quite busy then, aren't we?" he asked with cheeky smile. Ayame laughed.

"I suppose we will then!" she said turning and tackling him. For a while, they rolled around on the grass.

Later, as the late afternoon strolled in, Ayame and Koga walked through the streets arms linked. Old men where outside getting barked at by there wives to come in for dinner, while children chased after cats and were getting yelled at by their mothers to stop and get dinner as well. Even if there was much commotion going on, neither Ayame or Koga noticed.

When they reached the middle of town, they decided to stop to eat. Dinner was filled with hope and laughter. Jokes were passed, and facts about themselves were as well. When they finished, Koga paid, and they left. It was now dark; only the moon was there light.

Ayame wasn't worried though, because if something were to happen to her, Koga would help. As they were walking, and walking slowly I might add, they nodded something a little bit in the distance. They picked up there pace; to see what was happening.

Men with sticks were beating something, something laying on the ground. As they got closer, they became to hear name calling—"witch!" "demon woman!", is what they heard. From the comments, they knew they were beating a woman. Koga and Ayame began to run towards them.

"What the hell do you think your doing?" Koga yelled. The men stopped and turned to look at him.

"This old wench deserves everything we are doing! She made my wife uglier then a toad!" one replied. The old woman, shuddered, but lifted herself a bit.

"You…you said you wished your w-wife was m-m-more beautiful, when she was already a g-gorgeous young w-woman. The only w-way to make her more b-beautiful, would to have made her more beautiful on the inside. But with that, she would have had to have taken her outside beauty away." She said. She stuttered a bit from all the beatings she had taken.

"You made my house fall to pieces!" Another cried.

"You wished to be wealthy! But you did not handle your money properly! So you went bankrupted, and lost it all. Then your house fell, so that is clearly not my problem!" The witch said, gaining more energy. The last man spoke up.

"you made my wife leave me!" he said angrily.

"You wished the girl you loved would say 'I love you', to you. You did not ask for her to fall in love with you. It is not my fault if she fell in love with someone else!" she said defensively.

"Lies! You lie you damned old crow!" the third man cried. He picked up his stick, and hit her over the back. The witch fell down, and moaned. The men were about to start again, until Koga jumped in. It grabbed the first and second men's sticks, then bashed the third man with their branches and grabbed his. The men where horrified at how fast he got their weapons! Ayame stood next to him and held onto his arm.

"You leave this poor woman alone! She gave you gifts, and you ruined them on your own! And to repay her for her kindness, you hurt her? We will not stand for this! You march back home, and stay there." Ayame said. Koga glowered at all of them. The men got out of their shock, and ran home. Koga snapped the branches in half, and through them over his shoulder. Ayame watched with amazement.

"Hmmm…I did not know you were so strong…" she said with much mischief. Koga looked down at her with a smirk.

"Well there is much you will come to find, my dear…" he told her. She smiled. The old woman cleared her throat. Both of them looked at her, and blushed.

"Oh…heh…sorry." Ayame said bashfully.

"I want to thank both of you, for your kindheartedness. Without you, I might have perished." She said.

"We couldn't just watch you get beaten, it would have been wrong to just leave you for death." They said.

"There must be a way I can repay you…" she said softly.

"No thank you. We are content actually. Well, we must be on our way now, take care." They said. Turn turned and grinned.

"Happy New years, children." She called to them. Ayame and Koga looked at each other. Oh how foolish of them to forget…

Today was New Years Eve…

Twelve o'clock only a half an hour away. Ayame only walked only walked along the streets, in each others arms, really. Koga decided it was time.

"Ayame…come with me. I want to take you somewhere." He said taking only her hand. He lead her to very large and strong tree. Its branches were so low, you could climb into them at an ease. Koga picked her up by the waste; it surprised her, and put her in the tree. He jumped up, and sat down. He thought for a moment, and then took a deep breath. He knew she wanted to marry her, but when she looked at the ring he was about to give her…

Maybe sitting in the tree wasn't such a good idea. He looked at her for a moment. Well…he guessed they could fall out of the tree together, just this once. He knew it was going to be a bit painful, but it would be worth it. He fished into his pocket to find it.

"Ayame…I know I already asked you to marry me…well…kind of….but, I wanted to ask you properly this time." He said getting out the ring. Ayame's attention went right to it, and her eyes widen.

"Ayame…will you marry me?" he asked. He wasn't going to kneel on the tree; something might happen, and the next thing he would know, he'd be crying on the ground from a very, very painful feeling down below on himself. Now wouldn't be a very good time to go through that.

She flung her arms around him, and, as Koga foretold, they fell out of the tree. Although, it didn't hurt as bad as he thought it would. There were less rocks then he predicted.

"I didn't seem to get an answer…" he said teasingly. She looked down at him.

"Yes, I will marry you." She said half laying on him. He smiled while she played with his hair.

He could defiantly get use to this.

Walking back, they still had dirt remaining on their clothes. They didn't really mind, they were to lost in their own nirvana to notice. Almost so lost…they almost didn't notice who was in front of them.

"Good enough both of you." Said a voice. They both snapped out of their dazes, and came back to the real world. Alexander was standing right in front of them with blood shot eyes, and reeking of alcohol. Ayame backed up behind Koga.

"Congrad…congraduations, Koga. You finally have something I can't have." He said pausing in his sentences. Koga stood right in front her when he saw Alexander pull out a gun. He hugged her closely with his arms behind his back. She hugged back.

"But unfortunately, all thinks good always come to an end at one point, my good friend. I'll give you a minute to say good bye to this cruel, disgusting world." He said mockingly. Koga didn't know what to do. He turned quickly, not wanting to waste his seconds of life. Ayame had tears falling down her eyes as she stared up at him.

"Ayame…I just want you to know, that I love you, and that I always have. Please don't cry…" he said wiping away her tears. She tried to hold them back, but they only came on after another. He held her close, knowing he only had twenty seconds now. As each second went by, Ayame held him tighter and tighter. Finally, the second came, and Ayame didn't want to let go. Koga had to force her off of him practically. When he finally got her off completely, he turned to look at Alexander.

"Ready?" he asked with a drunks shake. Koga looked down.

"Guess I'll see you in hell then." He said turning up to look at him. Alexander glared at him, but wore a arrogant smirk.

"Guess you will." He said. Alexander pulled the trigger, and Koga fell. Ayame screamed and fell to his side as well. It hit him right above the heart. He was biting his bottom lip, symbolizing it hurt. Ayame didn't know what to do.

"I love you Koga…always have. Always will." She said with her cry turning into a sob. He tried his best to smile, but it got harder as seconds pasted. She looked into his eyes. She saw what he was saying. He was practically tell her, through his mind, 'goodbye'. She touched his cheek, and closed her eyes.

He was now gone. Ayame went into unspeakable sobs, and the tears just wouldn't stop flowing. Alexander found it to be a good time to speak up.

"I'll allow you to live, if you marry me." He said. Ayame stopped crying. Her hands shot to her face to wipe away her tears, but she kept her hands in the air. She looked up, and shot him a dirty look.

"You have the nerve to ask me such a question, after what you have just done? You are nothing more then dust to me now. You might…you might we well kill me as well." She said bravely. She sat down next to Koga, and held his hand. Alexander's left eye twitch.

"Can't say I'll be see you again. Angels down go to hell." He said. He pulled the trigger, and Ayame fell to the ground completely. She looked up at Koga, and with one tear falling down, she died instantly.

Alexander huffed. 'She should have just married me', he thought. Suddenly, he heard garbage cans rattle. He turned, and saw an old woman standing there shocked. He glared at her.

"Tell no one what you just saw, or I will come after you." He threatened. She nodded, and he walked off.

"The…the nice young couple that saved me earlier…" she said to herself.

"I must help them."