Well, this is it. The chapter we've all been waiting for. The end of An Unexpected Adventure. No, I'm not kidding. This IS the last chapter.

I'd like to thank everybody who's followed this whole story. Especially to all of you who reviewed, alerted (if that's a word), and favorited my work. (I don't think that's a word either). Thank you SO SO SO much!

I apologize for the late update, but I was in a horrible mood the past two nights. last night my ear spontainiously combusted. Not literally, of course, but it hurt like hell. And the night before, well, I was pissed off at somebody.

Again, i apologize, and I hope you enjoy the last chapter of AUA.

Akai (Caya)'s eyes blinked open. She blinked them once, twice, trying to clear her vision again. She immediately shot up straight as her eyes sent her brain the image of her own house. "Wh-What?!" She looked around hurriedly. She glanced down: there was the tablecloth, the same as it had always been. a quick glance at the walls confirmed it too; This had to be her beach house. 'Well damn.' She thought. She grinned as she set her eyes on something else.

Chikazi (Cassie) was asleep on the table. She was making little snoring noises, which made Caya laugh. She bent down close to Cassie's ear. "WAKE UP, CASSIE!" She shrieked playfully.

Cassie jumped up. "W-What's going on?! Don't kill me!" She was standing up now, totally confused. She stared at Caya, and her expression turned to one of sorrow. "I'm home." She muttered. Looking around once, she shrugged. "Well, not exactly, but it works."

Caya laughed, "So am I. In fact, I've only been home for about a minute. I guess neither of us could wake up before the other." She sighed. "How long did you last without me?"

Cassie sighed along with her, "Not very long, to tell the truth. I think it was about a day." She grinned sheepishly, "Yeah, pathetic, aren't I?"

Caya shook her head. "No, not at all. I think that's how long I would last, no joke." She sighed yet again. "It sucks, thinking about all of this like that." She snapped herself out of the emo mood she was slowly sinking into. "So… Cassie?" She grinned pervertedly, making Cassie worry yet again for her sanity. "Did you kiss him? " Her smile turned devious and a mischievous gleam entered her eyes.

Cassie turned BRIGHT red, "M-Maybe…"

Caya scowled, "Aw, damn it Cassie! I'll tell you what happened to me if you tell me what happened to you!" She pouted, trying EVERYTHING to get her friend to spill. "C'mon...please...?"

Cassie sighed, and then relented. Caya looked so pathetic when she did that! "Yes, we kissed. No, we did not go any farther than that."

Caya giggled. This was so cute! "Did you want to?" Her voice had taken on a teasing lilt, which Cassie didn't appreciate.

"Yes, damnit! You couldn't know how badly I wanted to!" Cassie huffed at her friend's annoying behavior. "There, I told you about MY love life, now how about yours?" She leaned in closer, wanting to be just as annoying to Caya as Caya had been to her.

Caya sighed amorously, "You'll never guess. After I… well, after I died, if I can phrase it like that, I went to this all-white place. I mean, EVERYTHING was white. There was nothing else there. And then, all of a sudden, HE just comes out of nowhere! I thought I was going to die. From happiness, of course. And you know what he told me?" She turned bright red, grinning like she had never grinned before, and Cassie knew immediately exactly what Deidara had said. "He told me that he loved me!" Caya sighed happily. "And we kissed!" She grinned, "So. Many. Times…" She sighed yet again, making Cassie pretend to stick a finger in her mouth and gag. Caya smacked her, then went on with her story. "It was amazing. But… I started disappearing again. I finally told him I loved him. That, I am SO happy about." She trailed off, sighing again, this time with regret. "It hurts, though." She placed a hand on her heart, sighing yet again, this time melodramatically. "It hurts... so badly."

Cassie laughed. "Do you always at pauses at the end of your... sentences...?"

Caya grinned. "Yes. I feel it makes them more...dramatic..." She wiggled her eyebrows, sending both girls into fits of giggles.

Before either of them could regain control of their laughter, a van containing the rest of Caya's family pulled into the driveway. Cassie jumped up, "I think I'm gonna go. Too bad I start school next week; it would have been fun to track that book down again." She grinned, "Wonder how all of them would feel if we suddenly came back from the dead?" She wiggled her fingers, trying (and failing) to be spooky.

Caya grinned at her. "Yeah, I wonder too." She shook her head, but wiggled her fingers back at Cassie.

Cassie returned her friend's grin, and then tore out of the house towards her own.

The summer ended way too soon for the both of them, and soon their only form of communication was through MSN, though which Caya began to type a story that was much like their own, only using different names. She ended up publishing it on a fan fiction website much like this one. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

You'll never know, will you?

The End

And that, dear readers, is the end of AUA. again, I would like to thank everybody who's read it, even those of you who just started.

And for my loyal readers... (shifty eyes) next week there'll be an epilogue. Ta ta! R R, 'kaythanks!