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So, before hand, I apologize for the length of this chapter, I was going to cut it in half, but couldn't bring myself to do it. There is also not as much suspense in this chapter, because it's the end. But all in all, this might be my favorite chapter. Enjoy!

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Tamaki was back in his room since the nurses had turned him away from ICU. Mori-senpai was surrounded by his family so Tamaki had chosen not to bother them. There was a plate of food by his bed, but he didn't touch it. As he sat on his rather uncomfortable hospital bed, his phone finally rang.

"Hello?"

"Souh-san?" Itami said.

"Have you found Haruhi and Hunni-senpai?"

"I think so, Takeda and I are going to check it out now."

"I want to come too." he shot up.

"No, you stay in the hospital, I'll call you as soon as we find them." Then she hung up on him.

He laid back down on the bed with just a little hope.

Haruhi woke up from a restless sleep and groaned inwardly. She hadn't wanted to wake up this time. Time was running out for them, she had come to accept that fact. She wanted to be able to talk to her father before she died; and Tamaki-senpai, she wanted to tell him what she hadn't had the guts to before. She regretted that she had never got to follow in her mother's footsteps. There were so many things she wished she had done. 'Does everyone think like this before they die?' She though, 'It's kind of ridiculous.' She started thinking about the good things that had happened to her, being in the Host Club and all the good things they had done for her. Before she had met them, her life had been a neat little box but then she had broken that stupid vase and changed her life for the better. Each of the Host Club members had taught her about life and how it rises and falls.

All because of a stupid, expensive vase.

"Hunni-senpai?" she croaked, her throat was almost too dry to talk.

"What?" he sounded as bad as she did.

"Do you think that there's some way. . . to leave a message for them when we're found?"

"Maybe." he pointed at the box of straws, "A short message."

Takeda pulled into the empty parking lot in front the abandoned warehouse where the stolen car had been found. Itami got out of the car, praying that this was the end of their road. Takeda pulled out his gun, "Put that away." She told him, "you won't need it."

"I like to be prepared."

The only door they could use to get in was locked, so Takeda kicked it in, a practice Itami frowned on. She had been going to call the former company but she had to admit, Takeda's method produced results faster.

"Fujioka-san?" she called, "Haninozuka-san? Can you hear me?" When no one answered, she feared they were too late. They searched the entire warehouse, leaving no room or corner untouched. "They're not here."

"Are we too late?"

Itami shook her head, "They called Souh-san only four hours ago. They have to be in the area."

"I think there are several more abandoned buildings in the area."

She took out her phone, "I'll call in the calvarlry."

"Done." Haruhi said, leaning back a little to see the message she had fashioned out of straws. It was short, simple and to the point.

"Is that all we have to say?" Hunni asked.

"It sums it up."

He shrugged, accepting her judgement on the matter. He felt dizzy and sick all the time now. Haruhi probably hadn't noticed that he was drifting in and out of consciousness all the time now. He was too weak to try to stay awake anymore, so he just let it come and go.

Haruhi couldn't keep her eyes off the message they were leaving for everyone to read. Was this really all they could leave? She checked the box of straws, there was no way to add on to the message. Dizziness over took her so she laid down, she was dizzy all the time now. As she drifted off, a single thought came to her head, it was coming down to the end.

"Is he awake?" Tamaki asked Mori's parents before he walked in.

"Come in Souh-san." his mother said, "He's awake."

Tamaki made his way to his senpai's bedside, "Good news Mori-senpai, they think they found Haruhi and Hunni-senpai."

Mori felt a weight lift off his chest, "Really?"

"Itami said she would call when she found them."

"So they haven't found them yet?" Satoshi asked.

Tamaki shook his head, "She hasn't called yet."

"Your dad coming to town." Morinozuka Akira said, "Everyone else's family is already here. Yuzuha and her husband are in ICU with their boys, Ranka and Yorihisa are at the Police department."

"So now we just have to wait."

Itami waited by the car for one team to radio in that they had found Fuijoka-san and Haninozuka-san. Her fingers tapped impatiently on the hood of the car until the radio buzzed, "Team two reporting in, I think we found them, over."

"You think, over."

"Just come take a look at this Itami, over."

Haruhi thought she heard voices just outside the door, they were calling her name, asking her to respond. She opened her mouth to yell out, but her throat was too dry to even let out a croak.

"Just a few more minutes and we'll be in!" the voices chorused.

'What a nice way to die.' She mused, 'Thinking that someone is coming to save us.' and she drifted back into unconsciousness.

"What do I have to see?" Itami demanded when she got the warehouse, "Why didn't you just get them out?"

"There is a bomb attached to the door that will go off if we open it." The leader of team two told her, pointing it out.

"That is a problem. Can you diffuse it?"

The team leader nodded, "Mashita worked with a bomb squad, he's looking at it now."

Itami knelt down beside Mashita, "How's it going?"

"Pretty good." he said, "it's a simple fix, I was just making sure there isn't a second trigger or something worse. It won't take me more than a minute to diffuse it." He carefully used a pair of plyers to pull a blue wire and then took off the thin wire connected to the door. "That should do it." he said.

She raised an eyebrow, "That was it?"

"Yeah, he did this in a hurry."

"Well, lets open that door then." Itami wanted nothing more than to call Souh-san and tell him that his friends were going to be okay. They opened the door and found the two teenagers on the floor, both unconscious. "Get them out of here." she ordered. Then she noticed the straws laying on the floor, and first she didn't think anything of them, but then she realized that it was their final message. She smiled, it was good to know that they wouldn't have to use it.

'Love you all.'

Tamaki's phone rang after he had left Mori-senpai's room and made it back to his own room. He held his breath as he answered it, "Hello?"

"I have good news for you Souh-san."

Tamaki's mouth was suddenly dry, "You found them?" he croaked.

"Yes, we're on our way to the hospital with them as we speak."

"Thank you for finding them." Tamaki could feel the tears coming on.

"We'll be there in fifteen minutes."

Tears poured out of his eyes, it was over. The nightmare was finally over. Everything they had gone through seemed so far away now that everyone was safe. 'But everyone is not safe.' He thought as he remembered Kaoru and Hikaru, both still in comas.

It wasn't quite over yet.

There was a familiar voice in his head now, calling his name. It was soft, familiar but unfamiliar at the same time. 'Mom?' he thought, 'I've never heard her talk like that before.' He wanted to talk to her, but he couldn't. 'What is this place?' he wondered for the hundredth time, looking around the darkness. 'Why can't I leave?'

"Haruhi." a familiar voice called.

She looked around, she was in the third music room and it look as it had the first day she had stumbled in there. "Kyouya-senpai?" she asked. Sure enough, her bespectacled senpai was standing in the middle of the room, "What are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here?" he asked back, "Shouldn't you be back there with the rest of them?"

"You didn't answer my question senpai."

He adjusted his glasses, "I'm an image from your mind, drawn up from your subconcious to help you."

"You woud say something like that senpai."

Kyouya cocked his head to the side a little and smirked, "Time for you to go back."

"Are you coming with me?" she said, almost daring a hope."

"I can't, you know that Haruhi."

"I suppose I did." she said with a smile.

Kyouya stepped a little to the side, revealing that stupid vase, "Break it and you can go back.

'Of course.' she thought, laying a hand on the vase, "Thank you Kyouya-senpai, for everything. Everyone misses you."

He gave her a small smile, "I know."

"Good-bye, Kyouya-senpai." Then she pushed the vase over, shattering it again.

She woke up in an unfamiliar room; she didn't remember getting there at all. The last thing she remembered was collapsing on the floor of the room.

"Hey, you're awake." her father said, standing over her.

"Dad," she said weakly, "where am I?

"The hospital, they found you and Hunni-kun."

"Good." and she faded away back into the darkness, she saw a tall blonde standing in the corner of her room, watching over.

Was it just him, or did the darkness seem a little brighter? Was the light coming back? Laughter filled the darkness, loud, strong laughter; it was nothing like the voices he heard buzzing in his head. A little girl ran passed him, brown locks flying behind her.

"Hey!" he called, "What are you doing?"

"Time to wake up." she sang, "Time time time to wake up!" She turned around and looked at him, "Well?"

"Well what?"

"Aren't you going to wake up?" A door appeared beside her, "All you have to do is open the door."

He stared at her in wonder, "Who are you."

"A figment of your imagination."

"Where's my brother?"

She shook her finger at him, "Not here. This is a choice you make on your own. He might be waiting for you on the other side."

He took a hold of the door handle and opened the door.

One year later

Life went on, as it always does, for the members of the Host Club. Everything seemed the same, but yet it changed.

Mori is still in physical therapy for his arm and it was healing nicely. The doctors said he would be able to do kendo again in another year.

Hunni is pretty much the same, but he has reduced his sweets intake by quite a bit and he's getting along better with Chika.

Tamaki graduated High School top of his class, and is enrolled in the University in business management. He's growing up to become a great head of the Souh Corporation.

Hikaru and Kaoru different now. Hikaru has grown up a lot, and is more serious about some things, but he still likes to have fun. Kaoru gets lost in thought a lot and doesn't talk as much.

As for Haruhi, she wasn't sure how she had changed yet, as she reflected on her friends. The Host Club had been disbanded as soon as they got back to Tokyo, none of them were interested in doing in anymore. Funny how coming close to death really puts what is important into perspective.

'I can't believe it has been a year since Kyouya-senpai died.' she said, trudging through the rain to visit his grave. When she got there, Mori-senpai was already there, "Hey Mori-senpai."

"Hello Haruhi." he said quietly.

She stood next to him, under the protection of his umbrella. Hikaru and Kaoru were next to arrive, both with sad smiles on their faces. Hunni came right after them and hopped on Mori's back. It's nice to know that some things don't change. Tamaki was last to arrive, hair wet from rain.

"Tamaki, you should have an umbrella, you'll catch a cold." Haruhi scolded.

He smiled at her, "Sorry Haruhi." he slid his hand into hers.

They stood in the rain looking at the their lost friends grave for a long time, losing track of time. Something moving in the corner caught Haruhi's eye. Someone with a black umbrella was moving towards them. 'It can't be.' she thought. She blinked and he was gone. With a smile and a chuckle to herself, she tugged on Tamaki's hand, "Lets get out of the rain." she announced.

"Can we go to your place?" Hikaru asked.

"Of course." As they walked away, Haruhi could have sworn she saw the man with the black umbrella again, but as soon as he was there, he was gone again.

Cloudy is sad! Tee-hee, I love this ending. I think it's a nice wind down ending. But I thank you readers, every single one of you. Without you guys, I would have given up on this a long time ago. Know that you guys were reading helped me pull through these last chapters. So to that, I dedicate this entire story to you readers. You rock!

~Cloudy