Disclaimer: I say that I am not the proud owner of the best saga in the world named...XENOSAGA! Yeah, I don't own it.

This chapter is dedicated to Rubedo Kukai Jr., ever since he is a major MOMO/Jr. fan. So,here it is, the second to last chapter dedicated to a cool guy. Yes, thats what I said, a cool guy. lol. Hope you like it Rubedo!

Chapter 13

There was a beautiful sunset as the day began to turn into night. Jr. was still gathering up courage to do his 'confession project'. Nothing special had taken place that whole day, so he thought tonight would be the best night to say it. Of course, he was harassed by a monkey, but that was about it. Other than that, he and MOMO had been walking around, bored out of their minds all day. They talked about various subjects, including the Elsa, Durandal, the E.S.' and the people they knew. Now they were talking about something very sensitive to MOMO. How they had approached the topic, they both didn't know.

"Jr., do you think daddy is watching me?" MOMO asked as she looked over at Jr., her eyes glimmering in the small amount of sun.

"Uh…sure. No, I'm pretty sure he is…actually…I'm not really sure…" Jr. said honestly. He scratched the back of his head nervously. MOMO sighed and then nodded, supposing what he said was right.

"Do you think I'm doing a good job at what daddy told me to do?" She questioned again. Jr. looked at her and tilted his head in confusion.

"What…did he tell you to do?"

"He told me to do good deeds. He told me to be a good little girl…do you think…that I've been good?" She asked innocently. Jr. blushed at the question, but then answered it as well as he could.

"Well, of course. I mean, your helping us all out right? You've been fighting along side the Elsa crew for longer than I have been. You don't do anything wrong…in my opinion. I'm pretty sure the bad guys would think that, but that's the bad guys. Not like their opinion matters…hmm? What's the matter?" Jr. asked, concerned for the realian.

"…I…was wondering…what was my sister like?" Jr. had a surprised expression on his face after he heard this question. He hadn't talked about Sakura in so long, that he almost forgot about her. "I know…that you knew her right? I was wondering if…I might have been a little bit like her. I…wanted to be like my sister…even though I never got to meet her." MOMO put her hand up to her chest and looked down at the ground. An eerie silence fell upon the two, along with a strong breeze that lasted for only a few seconds.

"You…want to be like your sister?" Jr. repeated absentmindedly. MOMO slowly nodded while she kept staring at the grass under her feet. "Well…you are like her. Maybe, even a bit different, but in a good way. People have individual spirits right? So being different isn't bad at all. It's normally what people say, be yourself and get through life and you'll be fine."

"But that's the thing…I'm not human…I'm only a realian, hand created by humans. Do I really have a spirit?"

"MOMO…that's not like you at all…of course you have a spirit. Why wouldn't you? You have feelings right? You need to eat, breath and drink just like everyone else…you couldn't be more human than you are now…" Jr. walked closer to her and put his hand on her shoulder. The pink haired girl looked up at him with her golden eyes and smiled gently.

"I…I guess you're right." She blushed and immediately looked back down at the same spot she was staring at for the conversation.

"Trust me…you're so human…that you could be Sakura. You're not a realian, you're just like Shion and Miyuki and everyone else." Jr. commented. MOMO looked back up at him, her mouth open slightly.

"You…really think so?" Jr. nodded and smiled widely.

"Now come on, we better start making our way to the field if we want to make it there tonight." MOMO nodded and the two trekked to the field, speechless for a few minutes. A few more minutes after and MOMO had grabbed a hold of Jr.'s hand, smiling and blushing at the same time.

'That's it…that's my cue…I-I can't believe it…does she really like me like that though? I don't know, I'll find out once we make it to the field.' Jr. smiled to himself before bringing up a happier topic.

Allen and Shion had arrived back at the Elsa. Allen gave the news to the Professor, who immediately took action.

"I know that they are still alive! It might take a while, but I can transfer them back even without the key chain's effect. It might take a few hours though…because my computer has to track their coordinates and then it has to prepare for the process of 'zapping' them back." He explained quickly.

"Don't you think you could've done that earlier?" chaos asked, patting the still sobbing Shion on the shoulder.

"No…I just happened to find the program KOS-MOS installed…it is quite useful." Assistant Scott walked up to the Professor and sighed.

"Next time you think of doing something this dangerous…then consider having alternate plans like this one before hand. I keep telling you that but you just don't listen."

"What was that Assistant Scott?" The Professor looked at his assistant. Assistant Scott just shook his head, feeling what Allen would feel like. Suddenly, Ziggy stepped up to the Professor as well.

"Bring them back. Other wise, I wouldn't have been a good bodyguard for MOMO…and Juli would never forgive me." Ziggy looked down at the Professor. The Professor understood his reason and nodded.

"I will. Give me some time and they'll be back in no time."

"Hurry. We don't even know if they are dead or not." Ziggy exited the room, thoughts racing through his head. If Juli knew about all of this, she would break down and go into a session of depression. Especially if her realian daughter had died due to some experiment put on by the Professor. That would have meant that she had lost two of her children plus her husband. Ziggy truly cared for Juli, but he could never tell her how much he cared. He figured that words wouldn't explain anything.

Jr. and MOMO arrived at the field. Once again, the sky was clear and all of the stars were visible. They went to the hill and sat down, looking at each other and talking about the same sensitive subject. Jr. figured out that MOMO definitely wasn't herself that night. She continually asked questions about her parents and Sakura. Jr. tried the best he could to answer all of these questions, but couldn't answer most of them properly.

"Jr. …"

"Another question about your family right?"

"Actually, no. I…just wanted to know…why the Zohar is so important?" Jr. blinked a few times before answering. This question was another almost impossible questions to answer.

"Um…uh, well, I couldn't really tell you the real reason, but I can tell you mine. It brought the Gnosis along with U-DO. So basically, if it wasn't around, then maybe U-DO wouldn't even be here…and I might not have been here either. Who knows…what all those people said about the Zohar being some sort of eternal power…even that might be true. Of course, why should we believe our enemies, right?" MOMO nodded. A few seconds of silence came before MOMO decided to lay down and look up at the stars. She did exactly what she did the last time; she found certain shapes and traced them with her finger.

"Look…I found the Zohar…" MOMO said gently. Jr.'s eyes widened.

"You can actually see that far!"

"No silly, I found it by connecting the stars. There's no way I could possibly see that far." MOMO giggled. She hadn't giggled for their whole conversation and now all of a sudden she was back to her normal self. Jr. was definitely confused. He sighed and then laid down next to MOMO, watching her retrace the star Zohar and showing it to him.

'All right…now is the time. I have to tell her.'

"Umm…MOMO?"

"Yes Jr.?" She replied politely. Jr. sat up and MOMO followed. "Is…something wrong?"

"No…actually, I have something to confess…" MOMO tilted her head in confusion. Jr. stood up and helped her up as well.

I raise my hand as if to show you that I was yours,

So yours for the taking, I'm so yours for the taking.

"All right! The computer has them located. It seems like they are perfectly fine. The process is at 97 all ready. In 3…"

Jr. thought for a moment. 'Don't worry about the words…kiss her! That's even better!' A delicate breeze blew by, making the scene even more romantic. MOMO was waiting for Jr. to speak up, but instead he looked her in the eyes. He began to lean towards her…

That's when I felt the wind pick up

I grabbed the rail while choking up

"2…" The group was all staring at the Professor, waiting for the process to be complete.

MOMO's heart raced. 'Is he…going to kiss me?' She blushed as she followed his actions getting closer to him as well.

These words to say…

"1….Let's bring them back!" The Professor yelled as he pushed a button.

Jr. and MOMO were now embraced in a kiss. They hadn't noticed they were glowing with a bright white light outline. Their environment changed before their eyes, even though they didn't notice.

And then you kissed me.

The image of Jr. and MOMO appeared, but something was different. Shion waited until the image was clearer. She gasped and smiled at the same time as she noticed what was different. Every one gasped, but the Professor started dancing instead.

"I knew it! I knew it!" The Professor chanted.

"PROFESSOR!" Every one turned to him, and then noticed that they were the ones yelling now.

Jr. and MOMO broke the kiss and then their eyes went wide. MOMO had mixed emotions, she was happy and embarrassed. She felt her face go red and then she looked at Jr. Jr.'s face was beet red.

"…Um…nice to be back?" MOMO greeted as she turned to Shion and the others. She put on a nervous smile, noticing the look that came from Shion. All of a sudden Matthews and Tony ran up to her.

"So? What'd he taste like?" Tony asked excited. MOMO inhaled deeply as though she had been insulted and then she turned away quickly, hoping she could avoid the question.

"Tony! Don't harass the girl! By the way, that was my question too…" Matthews stated. MOMO backed up, letting go of Jr.'s hand. Jr. was petrified…he couldn't believe everyone saw him kissing MOMO. Jr. sank to the floor and tilted his head down in embarrassment.

"See Professor! I told you it should have been a same gender thing!"

"Assistant Scott, you have to admit that they are such a cute couple." Assistant Scott sighed. Then he looked over at the petrified Jr. and the scared out of her wits MOMO, who was being questioned by Tony and Matthews.

"You know…I actually would have to agree." Assistant Scott lightened up and smiled.

"At least they came back alive." Chaos commented as he walked over to Jr., to see if he was okay. "Jr.? Umm…hello?" No response. Chaos was puzzled…but then decided that Shion could get him to speak up. "Shion! Jr.'s …eh, turned to stone?" Shion came over and looked at Jr.

"Awe! You two are so cute! I'm so glad you two confessed."

"But Shion! It wasn't even a confession! I haven't even told her the line yet! I haven't even told her I love her yet…the kiss…was just out of…reaction…!" Jr. finally said, looking up at Shion, his eyes wide with fear and his face red with embarrassment. Shion giggled and then burst out into full laughter.

"Oh now, come on! You know that was a confession!"

"I'm not sure what it was Shion! I kept thinking on so many ways to tell her and then, this one just pops out of nowhere…wait, my thoughts of that were really strong…oh shoot. I'm hoping Gaignun didn't hear any of it. If he did…I'm doomed." Shion laughed again.

"Please! Stop asking me such inappropriate questions! We didn't do anything to the effect of what you're asking!" MOMO yelled, while trying to get Matthews and Tony to leave her alone. The persistent duo didn't falter at her request and continued asking…disturbing questions. "LEAVE ME ALONE!" MOMO yelled. She pushed past the two and ran off to her corridors, where she knew she would be safe from them. The two stood there, now quite, with dumbfounded looks on their faces. Then after a few seconds of silence, the two burst out laughing.

"Look what you did you two!" Shion scolded, leaving Jr. and chaos and walking over to Matthews and Tony. She started lecturing them, but they didn't listen because they didn't care. They just continued to laugh, but the subject changing to how Shion is such a 'dork'.

Jr. stood up, watching everything go into commotion. He watched as everything slowed down to slow motion. Soon, the colors were gone and everything was in black and white. Jr. turned around when something landed on his shoulder, something very familiar.

"Sakura?" he said, looking at a brown haired, green eyed girl. She smiled and then sighed.

"I knew I could believe in you, Rubedo. My sister is safe and now that I know I can leave her with you, my soul can be released. I won't be able to come back like this, these visions of me…will be gone. No matter what, even if you can't talk to me anymore, know that I will always be with you. I love you Rubedo, now go to her." Sakura walked up to Jr. and hugged him. Then she backed away, Jr. watching her with a smile.

"I promised…didn't I? I…I love you too Sakura." Right before Jr.'s eyes, Sakura grew a pair of angelic wings that unfolded from her back. She then started to ascend to a higher place.

"Good bye…Sakura." Jr. said. He then turned to the recent scene that had been frozen and watched it as it went back to the normal speed. He smiled and then started his way to MOMO's room.

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Well, that is the chapter that I have been anxious to get up. I hope you all liked it and the story is coming to an end in the next chapter. until then, have fun!