Hey guys! Thanks to my few reviewers (you know who you are) and I hope that my final chapter will manage to get some more attention from all of you and maybe some words, letting me know if you liked it or not. I don't mind if you flame me, as long as you write something down. Well, enjoy…
Few months later…
A beautiful young woman, with an impossible long blonde hair stood up on the tall shore, staring at the huge ocean laying in front of her, reaching the far horizon and welcoming her with a beautiful blue colour. She just stood there, admiring the great amount of water and allowing the wind to move her strands from time to time. This was the first place that had actually managed to calm her down partly in months.
Noticing that the sun was gone from the sky and that the darkness grew fastly, she tucked her body better in the warm coat and began returning to the house she shared with her friends. The large coat was long and looked like a cloack, managing to keep the blonde woman warm enough, considering the decreasing temperature outside. While walking towards the house, she touched her swollen tummy, where a life was growing inside her. As if feeling the gentle touch, the baby inside moved a bit, somehow assuring the mother that it felt nice. A boy, Amy had announced her during the first months of her pregnancy. That moment, tears, both of sadness and happyness filled the woman's blue eyes, thinking that now, that child was the only family she still had… That child and Serena, her sister-in-law, who had stood by her side every moment, ever since…
Once again, the blonde woman lowered her gaze, walking on the darker and darker streets, trying almost desperately not to cry out more than she already had. She started walking faster, knowing that probably the guys would be worried for her and that they would go out and track her down. She had to give them all the points in the world for taking care of her in the past few months. They all acted with a lot of care and understanding, asuming what she was passing through. And she thanked them for their support every single day.
Walking further and further, she didn't notice that she was alone on that specific street all of a sudden. Trapped in her thoughts, she also didn't notice when a dark silhouette appeared behind her and pulled out a gun, aiming it straight at her.
"Stop right there… Mina Lewis!" he ordered, forcing her to pay attention and turned around, making her blonde hair fall from the unusual bun and cover the black material of her cloack. When she turned around, her blue eyes widened in shock, noticing first the gun and then the man's face features…or what had remained of them. She drew few steps back, but another warning from him stopped her from going further.
"Sapphire…" she managed to mumbled scared. She knew that the police had only found two dead bodies after the explosion, registered as Damien Restro and, an employee of his, Rubio, but she had never imagined that Diamond's brother actually managed to survive the explosion.
"Let me guess: you didn't expect to see me, right?" he asked and pointed at the terrible scars covering half of his face. It made him almost unrecognizable.
"You're alive… How?" she managed to whisper, clinging her hands to her belly, which didn't seem as large as it really was, thanks to the coat's size. The only thing in her mind at the moment was saving her unborn child… that and nothing else.
"Call me lucky, if you want… What can I say? Sorry for your loss?" he asked on a mocking tone and pointed determined the gun straight at her. Mina believed she had seen her whole life replaying right in front of her eyes that moment. Her hands clung almost painfully on the swollen tummy and only one word came to her mind… one word she had always used in the crucial moments of her life… one word that always saved her… a word like a beg, request, even prayer… "Kane". She shut her eyes tightly, still not believing that she was about to be killed…she, of all people. She heard a bullet being shot and waited for it somewhere inside her body. Still, the shock, the pain… they never came. She opened her eyes and stared at the ground below her. A noise was heared in the tight air and she understood that it had been Sapphire's body the one which fell in the end. Looking up, she saw a tall silhouette, most definitely belonging to a man, with broad shoulders, dressed in a completely black outfit, which she couldn't figure in the dim light. Still, she felt a strong pang in her heart when she looked up, to see strands of pure silvery hair caught in a small pigtail with a piece of black material. Her eyes widenes impossbily and her eyes shedded tears without needing to be ordered anymore by the brain. Damn those pregnancy hormones. The man slowly put back the gun in it's place and turned around. The first thing that Mina saw was a long scar covering his right jaw. Then, she saw a nose she knew all too well, two silvery eyebrows and a pair of cold lavender eyes, which turned warmer only at the sight of her. Gasping loud, she backed away, recognizing the man standing in front of her.
Having noticed her original reaction and the fact that she just stood there, unmoved, not recovering from the shock, her lowered his eyes in shame and wanted to turn around and leave her, maybe this time once and for all… Still, a strong grasp around his body stopped him dead in his track. He looked below his chin and saw the blonde clinging onto him as if for her life.
"Don't go… don't ever go… not ever again…" she pleaded with a breathless voice and looked up to him, her blue eyes once again drowned in tears… but, this time, those were tears of happyness… for the first time in months.
"Mina…"
"Don't you ever let go of me, Kane! Not ever again!" she repeated, this time on stronger voice. She managed to calm down a bit, even send him a smile and grabbed his large hands, directing them to the large tummy hiding below the cloack. At the feeling of her swollen body, his eyes widened in surprise and he looked at her astonished.
"Mina…"
"Yes!" she smiled again, between more tears.
"Mina, why didn't you tell me?" he asked, trying to catch his breath every once in a while. They were both reacting pretty dumb, but it was understandable, considering the circumstance.
"I'm telling you now…"
"Oh, Mina!" he said one last time and captured her entire body in his strong arms, agreeing to never let go. She as happy as a young mother, whose husband had just come back from the dead, could be. Now she was ready to start over… wherever he would take her… her and their child… their son.
Nothing could be more refreshing on a hot day of summer spent on the mediteraneean shore in the sun, than a bucket of extremely cold water. That was the conclusion that the two children reached after a long talk. They were an adorable pair for everyone, except for those who knew exactly what the two were capable of. Two heads, one completely blonde and the other completely black, appeared near the large pool, looking around them and trying not to be discovered… not just yet. Two pairs of dark blue eyes stared at each other and the two scanned their surroundings.
"Hmm, there's Keith!" the little boy pointed to an older one, standing in the pool, along with a much younger girl, teaching her how to swim.
"Yup, and he's got Mela with him…" the little girl completed, watching the silver-haired siblings having fun with each other.
"On the other side are Zack and Ames… she's reading again…" he groaned.
"We shouldn't bother them!" the pulled the sleeve of his t-shirt, right after noticing the evil grin forming on his face.
"Come on, it could be fun… You know she'll just forgive us."
"Do you remember how she threatened you with that huge syringe last time? What if she takes on her word?"
"Yeah… you're probably right…" he replied a bit disappointed. "Hey, where are Laura and Noah?" he asked a bit puzzled, not noticing his green-eyed friend and the annoying little sister of his around the place.
"Laura must be in the kitchen with aunt Lita… I heared they were baking some chocolate cookies… Oh, and Noah's with his dad up in the attic, setting up the telescopes…" she explained and he just nodded, looking at the the couple of kids about their age down in the pool. He noticed that Keith hadseen the two with his sharpsight and was shaking his head as a definite "no!". The boy simply grinned, showed him the victory sign and returned to his sister.
"There they are… out targets!" he said as his index finger pointed to a pair lounge chairs, each holding a man, one with blonde hair and the other with dark strands falling on his forehead. The two were currently enjoying the mediteraneean sun with they eyes closed and they almost seemed sleeping. Both the children shared one last glance and an evil grin. The boy took the bucket filled with water in his hands and started walking towards the two, followed by sister, none of them making any noises so that their surprise would be complete.
In about the same time, Jade opened one lazy eye, scanning fastly the surroundings. And then he barely caught a glimpse of a small arm, belonging probably to a five-years old boy, coming right their way. Hmm, he knew something was about to happen that day. He shot up from his place and managed to get away from his chair, just in time to rescue himself from a bucket filled with cold water thrown at him.
"Heads up!" he shouted, but it was too late. Opening one eye, he saw a very wet Darien Shields with a washed look on his face and two children a bit further from the two chairs, having the laugh of their lifes. He just shook his head, attempting to wipe off the grin forming on his face also. But Darien's look was much too great not be laughed at. In response, Darien jumped from his place and ran after the two kids.
"Ooops!" the girl only manage to say before the tall man started chasing them. Of course, the run wasn't very long and the dark-haired man ended up in the pool, with one child in each arm, splashing water all over Keith and scaring his younger sister. The two children hanging onto him were still laughing and he couldn't help but smile as well.
"Hmm, Jade, I see your genes were securely passed on!" he shouted to his friend, who was enjoying the view from the edge.
"What are you complaining about? Two more months and you'll get your own pair of devils to worry about!" the blonde man. Two sets of crystal blue eyes rolled up to him.
"Uncle Darien? What is a gene?" the blonde girl, named Rhianna asked from one arm.
"Dad? What's a devil?" Jason asked, simply shouting to his father, from the other arm. The two men shared one puzzled glance.
"Oh, they're yours, alright!" Darien replied, with a smug.
"Ok, that's it, give me my twins! You can have yours in two months!" Jade shouted, faking the annoyance, as the black-haired man went further in the pool, careful to hold the five-year-olds above the water.
"Hmm, if you love them so much… why don't you go to them?" a feminine voice asked from behind and an arm gave Jade a rather strong nudge, sending him gloriously in the water.
"Rei!" he shouted as the fall. The black-haired woman appeared on the edge, with a seven-months pregnant Serena next to her, who held a large tray full of Lita's delicious sweets.
"Cookies!" the twins said in the same time, eyeing the tray in their aunt's hands and leaned their small arms in the blonde woman's direction. Yet another set of laughs emerged, as the whole gang, kids included started to appear from everywhere. Standing a bit further from everyone, Zack cuddled next to Amy, who was both paying attention to her book and to the activity from the pool and all around it. Surrounding her with his arm, the blonde man said.
"Hmm, right now I'm so glad we don't have children…"
"Don't be so sure about that." Amy's voice came quite sure of herself, not anymore shy, as she had been during her teenage years.
"Amy!" all the voices around united into a great one and a tremendous number of eyes stuck on her petite figure.
"Oops!" she could only say in the silnece that followed and hid her blushing face behind the book, as she had done before so many times. And then, the laughter and good time began once again…
Now I'm done! Phew, finally! So, I've enabled the anonymus reviews, so you won't have any more excuses for not reviewing… I mean, this is really ti! Finito! Caput! The end! I hope you liked it (I really needed to write a happy-ending, because I can't make other kinds of endings, honestly) and that you'll also write something down… if not for the author, than perhaps for the senshi and the shitennou. Anyway, see you next fanfic (which will also be a senshi-shitennou one, because I absolutely love these pairs and I'm really faithful to them) and let's hope for the best.