"Ryugazaki!" a boy from Rei's class called as Rei was packing up his things on Thursday afternoon after classes had ended. Today was his last day of school here at Iwatobi High School.

Rei turned his head to look at his classmate. He remembered him. They had also been in the same class in their third year in middle school. Back then, he had been the captain of the swim club. He had been the one who had recruited Rin and Haruka.

"What is it?" Rei asked.

"I overheard the teachers mentioning that you were transferring school. Is that true?" he asked.

Rei nodded. "Tomorrow, my family and I are moving to Tokyo," he answered politely.

"Nanase and Matsuoka too?" the other asked.

Rei nodded. He had known from the start that this was his classmate's concern. Rin and Haruka had been the stars of Iwatobi middle school's team since they started. They still were. Everyone who was leading a swim club at any high school had an interest in the two of them. His classmate was no exception. He was very likely to become the next captain of this high school's swim club next year and had plans of having Rin and Haruka join as soon as they started up again.

"Yes," Rei answered. "Rin and Haruka are part of the family, so of course they'll be moving with us."

The other student sighed. "That sucks, I really wanted to have them on my team again," he said.

Rei smiled as he lifted his bag on his shoulder. "Who knows, maybe you will end up swimming against them instead," he said before leaving the classroom for the last time.

The following day was the day when they would move. Makoto had sent their furniture on ahead and now it was their turn to move. They would be on their way from a little before noon and until late in the afternoon. Makoto had prepared a bento for each of them and had packed it along with the other few things they would need during the train-ride.

As the family reached the station, in due time before the train would depart, they saw a group of people standing outside, waiting for them.

The group consisted of Makoto's parents, Ren and Ran, a few of Makoto's former colleagues and other people who had heard that they were moving and wanted to come and say goodbye.

"What are you doing here?" Makoto asked, surprised. He clearly hadn't expected that anyone would be there. He and the others had been at his parents' house the other day and had dinner with them, Ren and Ran to say goodbye.

"Of course we would come see you off," Makoto's mother said. "You are all members of our family after all,"

Makoto couldn't prevent a joyful smile from appearing on his face. "Thank you," he said happily. He hadn't expected them to come, but regardless, he was very happy that they did.

"We're sorry you have to move, Tachibana," one of Makoto's former colleagues said kindly.

"It can't be helped," Makoto answered. "The hospital is closing and the only other option for me would be to find a new job. I'm not sure I would've been able to do that."

"You're lucky," another colleague said. "You've become one of our best doctors, so of course you were transferred instead." She smiled. She had been fired and had to find a job on her own now.

"Perhaps I am…" Makoto said. "But at least you can stay here in a place you know."

"I've never been to Tokyo before," Nagisa said while tugging Makoto's hand. He looked up at the colleague whom Makoto was speaking to.

"None of us have," Rei said while pulling Nagisa back as he wouldn't interrupt Makoto's conversation again.

"Rei-chan's mean!" Nagisa whined.

"When's your train departing?" Makoto's father asked Rei.

"At 11:54," Rei answered.

Ran checked her watch. "Aren't there only 10 minutes left until then?" she asked as she looked back up at the others.

This caught Makoto's attention and he looked away from his colleagues and stared at Ran instead. A horrified expression was on his face as he realized that there was a chance they would miss the train if they kept standing here.

"We need to get going and buy the ticket!" he said in a slight panic. This caused his mother to send Ran a reproachful look.

Makoto and his four adopted sons grabbed their lockage and carried it to the platform where the train would depart from. Most of those who had come to say goodbye, stayed behind. Only Makoto's parents, Ren and Ran followed them all the way.

"Remember to call at least once in a while," Makoto's mother said as she hugged her oldest son tightly.

"I'll do," Makoto answered as he returned the hug.

"Take care of our big brother, okay?" Ran said as she let go of Haruka, after hugging him. The teen only nodded in response but even Ran could tell from his eyes that he would do his best.

"Don't cause too much trouble," Makoto's mother told Nagisa as she hugged him.

"I'll be good," Nagisa promised with a wide smile.

"Do your best and study hard," Makoto's father told Rei.

"Of course," Rei said not feeling like he had needed to promise that, but he did it anyways.

"I'm sure you'll make some good friends in Tokyo too," Ren said to Rin, who nodded.

"I'm sure we will too," he said.

Then the family boarded the train without any more trouble. However, when the train was about to leave the station, Nagisa ended up curling up in Rei's lap while crying like a baby.

"There, there, Nagisa," Rei said softly as he comfortingly stroked Nagisa's back. "We'll be just as happy in Tokyo as we've been here,"

The comfort sort of helped. Nagisa's cries got a bit easier for a moment, until Rin started sobbing too. This caused Nagisa to turn to his crying 'older brother' and hug him instead and Rin hugged Nagisa too while they were both crying.

Haruka looked out the window with a distant look in his eyes, simply watching the landscape passing by. He tried his very best to ignore his crying embarrassing twin.

"Why're you crying?" Makoto asked concerned.

"We're leaving so many good memories behind," Rin sniffed as he turned to Makoto.

"We all met here and have lived here for so long," Nagisa wiped his eyes, though it didn't help much since tears kept running down his childish looking face.

"Don't be upset," Makoto placed a hand on Nagisa's shoulder while smiling at both him and Rin. "I'm sure we'll create just as many good memories in Tokyo as we have in Iwatobi," he said.

Slowly but surely Makoto managed to comfort Rin and Nagisa enough so that they won't cry. From then on, the rest of the ride went fine. Before they knew it, they were in Tokyo and on their way to their new home, ready to begin a new life with new friends, new problems and with new future goals.

So here's the very last chapter of the story, and possibly the last chapter of the Free Parenting series. I have no intention of writing more unless there is something you want me to write for this universe, like how it was at the orphanage, before Rei, Nagisa, Rin and Haruka met Makoto or what happens in the future after they move out. But I'm not writing it unless you want to me. If you do want it, leave a review or send me a message and I'll consider it.

Wit that being said, I really enjoyed writing this series, it has been about a year and a half since I started and over a year since I published the first part. I had a fun time while working with this.

I'd like to thank you all for favoriting and following, and just for reading the story. It means a lot to me that you took the time.

I normally speak a bit of my next work here, but I don't realy know what it'll be and you probably don't care. If you do care, then you will find it anyway, I'm sure.

That's all for now.

Jackie