I have an announcement to make. Since I want to work on some other stories, this is going to be the final chapter. Rereading this story, I realized I had made many mistakes. For example, I said it was Saturday in the first chapter, and then I made it Monday, and then it was the Spring Break. I've also made a couple grammatical errors. However, besides those technical errors, this story had a good run. I hope you enjoy the final chapter. I own nothing, and enjoy!

The world was not perfect. Life wasn't the best it has ever been. There were so many issues in the world. However, why couldn't people just have a good attitude? Why couldn't people ever smile or laugh? That was the one thing that bothered Mashiro Rima the most. The eleven-year-old girl tiptoed into the kitchen at three AM, hearing her parents. She hid behind the wall, hearing her parents argue. Neither of them smiled. They only argued. Ever since that creepy man had attempted to kidnap Rima, her parents were like this. Rima had changed in many ways too, but why couldn't they smile even once? It bothered Rima.

"Look, funny face!" Rima said, pulling the sides of her mouth. Whenever her little chara, Kusu-Kusu did that to her when she was down, Rima always smiled. It was funny. It also made Kusu-Kusu smile, and Rima liked seeing her chara smile.

"You're getting older Rima; you need to mature." Her mother said. Rima's smile faded. That was her parents' usual reaction. They never had fun anymore. It was making Rima's fun side fade away.

"What are you doing up?" Her father asked.

"I was having trouble sleeping." Rima said. She grinned.

"Go back to sleep." Her father ordered. Rima's smile faded again, as she went back to her room. Why were they always like this? Rima wished she had never gotten kidnapped. Even though Rima was still traumatized by that, her parents took it so much worse than she did. Why was it like this?

"See Rima? Funny face!" Kusu-Kusu said. Rima smiled weakly. She used to always laugh when Kusu-Kusu did that. Rima still loved Kusu-Kusu, and needed her. She was her best friend.

The sound of the loud radio and the voice of the singer, Britney Spears made Rima wake up. Her eyes opened slowly, trying to process what was going on. Her head was on a chair. It took her a few seconds to realize she wasn't alone with the music.

"I-I-I WANNA GO-O-O-O ALL THE WAY-AY-AY TAKIN' OUT MY FREAK TONIGHT!" Rima heard Yaya sing. That was the song playing. It made Rima wonder what was going to be the fate of popular music if this was lyrics…What type of music did Americans listen to? Besides Yaya's "karaoke" and the music she was singing, there was silence. Rima couldn't tell if anyone was there. She didn't feel like moving. Her legs felt numb.

What had happened? Why was she sleeping on two chairs? It occurred to Rima that she was in the Royal Garden. Why was she there?

"SHAME, ON MEEE!" Yaya said the word "me" changing pitches towards the end of the word like the song. It seemed like an odd song for Yaya to sing, since it was highly inappropriate.

"Yaya, can you quiet down?" Tadase asked. Rima noticed his voice had an upset tone to it.

"But this song is soooo catchy!" Yaya whined.

"It's annoying." Nagihiko muttered. Why was he here? And what was up with his attitude? "However, I won't argue with the fact it's catchy…"

"Don't worry Nagi-Tan; the song just ended! Darn it, there's a commercial break!" Yaya moaned. There was an awkward silence. Rima decided she should finally move. She slowly moved up. She rolled to the side, without realizing that she rolled to the side without the back of the chair. She hit the ground with a loud impact, making everyone in the room jump.

"Shit…" Rima cursed, sighing. "My back…"

"Y-You're awake?" Amu exclaimed. Rima had not realized Amu was there.

"Yeah…" Rima grunted.

"Glad to see you up. We were all getting worried, and we knew you couldn't go to a hospital." Rima looked at Nagihiko confused, as he stuck his hand out for her to take. She stared at his hand, without grabbing it.

"What happened?" Rima asked.

"Well, when you transformed with Temari, you started screaming in pain. I presume you would remember that? Apparently, you failed to tell us it had already happened?" Rima stared at him blankly.

"I…don't remember…" Rima muttered.

"What do you last remember?" Nagihiko asked her.

"Well, um… There was this creepy man at my house. He had approached me, and he…" Rima's eyes widened, before she passed out again.

Two weeks ago

"Okay, the guardian meeting is over." Tadase said.

"LET'S GET CANDY!" Yaya suggested loudly.

"No, Yaya." Rima muttered. "Why don't you ask Nagihiko over there? He'll gladly accompany you." She said, to purposely annoy him. She smirked at Nagihiko.

"I'll gladly take you to get candy, Yaya-Chan." Nagihiko said, emphasizing the word "gladly," and looking in Rima's direction with a smirk. Rima glared at him.

"You're the best Nagi-Tan!" Yaya said, grinning widely.

"Anyone else want to come?" Nagihiko offered.

"I'll come!" Amu said.

"I'll go too." Tadase agreed. He smiled at Amu, and they held hands. Rima rolled her eyes. Romance was annoying. The two of them always looked at each other and smiled and even kissed. Rima wouldn't do that for a very long time.

"I'm not coming; I have to get home." Rima said. "Come on Kusu-Kusu." Kusu-Kusu floated up beside Rima.

"See you tomorrow, Rima!" Amu said, waving with her hand that wasn't holding Tadase's. Little did either of them know, Rima would not be seeing Amu tomorrow…

"Yaya's so cute isn't she?" Kusu-Kusu said.

"No. She's annoying." Rima muttered.

"Oh come on Rima; you love her!" Kusu-Kusu told her. "She's probably your closest friend."

"No; Amu is!" Rima said quickly.

"Amu's best friends with…"

"Don't you dare say the idiot…" Rima hissed.

"No, I was going to say Utau! Well, she is awfully close with Nadeshiko…" Kusu-Kusu said in spite of Rima. Rima glared at her.

"Fine, I'll agree with Utau, but never the cross-dresser! He's so annoying!" Rima complained. "He always makes me look bad!"

"Do you think he's…flirting with you?" Kusu-Kusu wondered. Rima stared at Kusu-Kusu, with a cold face. Kusu-Kusu laughed. "I was kidding, Rima!" Rima's face softened.

"Good, because he isn't. If he was, I would…" Suddenly, Rima felt herself being grabbed.

"RIMA!" Kusu-Kusu cried. Rima started screaming. She was feeling a sudden déjà vu. The man faced her. He had dark blue hair that Rima immediately recognized.

"I-Ikuto?" Rima exclaimed. "Why did you just…"

"Sorry." Ikuto whispered. He bit Rima's neck suddenly. Rima started screaming from the pain. She passed out, and was placed on her door step. The last thing Rima heard was, "You bastard," before she started her transformation into a vampire.

Rima's eyes opened slowly. Instead of finding herself lying down on two chairs, she was being held in Nagihiko's arms. Rima remembered everything now.

"Nagihiko…" Rima whispered, before she started crying.

"Rima-Chan, what's wrong?" He asked, hugging her.

"Everything. I-Ikuto… He… He…" Rima's speech wasn't audible now. She put her head on Nagihiko's shoulder.

"What about Ikuto?" Amu exclaimed. Tadase was annoyed now.

"Why is it always Ikuto? Amu-Chan, why did you dump me for him? I was always there for you! I even comforted you at the funeral! You didn't see Ikuto do that, did you? All I ever did was help you, and in return, you break up with me." Tadase looked upset.

"Tadase-Kun, it wasn't…" Amu started.

"Ikuto tried to murder me." Rima whispered. All eyes turned to her. She breathed slowly, and took her head off of Nagihiko's shoulder but stayed on his lap. Yaya made hearts with her hand. Rima shot her a glare.

"W-What?" Amu exclaimed.

"Two weeks ago, when you guys went to get candy… I was going home, talking about…normal stuff, with Kusu-Kusu." Kusu-Kusu's name made Rima's eyes darken. Nagihiko put his arms around her. "That's when someone grabbed me, and I saw it was Ikuto. He-He bit me, turning me into a vampire. Then he put me on my doorstep, and then, everything played out as it did." There was silence.

"I-Ikuto's a vampire? Since when? How long?" Amu cried, looking worried.

"Well, I wouldn't keep anything from you if you kept me…" Tadase muttered darkly. However, he seemed surprised too.

"Tadase, if you judge your love interest by the amount of lies they make…" Rima muttered quietly. Nagihiko narrowed his eyes.

"Why would he choose you?" Amu asked. "Why would he bite you?"

"He probably couldn't control it." Rima said. "I know how it feels. He must have been resisting like I was."

"We should find him." It was everyone's turn to look at Tadase. "Wasn't that the obvious thing to do?" Tadase asked.

"No one expected you to suggest that…" Nagihiko pointed out.

"Even if I am jealous, he is still the closest thing I have to a brother. He always looked after me, so I'll look after him." Tadase said.

"Yaya thought you said that he doesn't care for Amu-Chi…" Yaya wondered.

"I'm sure he cares for Amu-Chan, but I care more." Tadase said, slightly embarrassed about how Amu knows about his envy of Ikuto.

"Well, Amu, where is Ikuto?" Rima asked.

"The last I saw him, he…well, you were there…" Amu muttered.

"Oh yeah, he didn't act any different around me. Come to think of it, when I accidently bit Kirishima, he did help me, didn't he?" Rima wondered. The others nodded. "He probably feels guilty."

"Wait… Ikuto slept in the same bed with you when Rima-Chan was there?" Nagihiko wondered, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah…" Amu admitted. "I tried to make him leave, but he didn't want to…"

"Wait, Ikuto slept in the same bed with you?" Tadase exclaimed. Amu avoided eye contact, and didn't say anything. There was an awkward silence again.

"LET'S FIND MR. IKUTO TSUKIYOMI! DETECTIVE YAYA, ON THE CHASE!" Yaya said, grinning. Rima stared at Yaya, before making a rare smile.

"Yaya-Chan's right, let's go." Nagihiko agreed. Rima got off of Nagihiko's lap, and walked beside Yaya.

"Amu, err, Hinamori-San, why don't you call, your favorite contact and tell him to meet you by the park. Don't tell him we are all coming." Tadase said. Amu looked at him, with pity in her eyes.

"O-Okay…" Amu whispered, dialing Ikuto's number on her cell phone. "Ikuto?" There was some chatter from the other side. "C-Can you meet me at the park in a half an hour? I want to talk to you." There was silence from Amu. "N-N-No, not a breakup!" Tadase looked annoyed. Rima had never seen Tadase like this. Amu hung up.

"Let's go." She muttered darkly. Everyone stood up, and left for the park. Things haven't gone so well at the park for Rima.

"What are you guys doing?" All eyes turned to face Utau. Kukai was with her.

"Oh, hey guys!" Kukai said, grinning. Amu opened her mouth to speak, when Nagihiko interrupted.

"Oh, we were just going to hang out at the park. Rima-Chan's had a pretty rough day, so we figured she should relax at the park." Nagihiko said, smiling. "I didn't know you two would be here." The last two sentences were true. Nagihiko was clever, Rima realized. He knew that if he said anything about Rima and benefitting her, anyone else would immediately believe it, since they are "madly in love" according to everyone else. Rima blushed slightly.

"Yeah, we were on a date!" Kukai said.

"You two should get some privacy. I mean, you don't want all of us here." Rima said. Rima suddenly realized that it may have blown their cover, since Rima is rarely nice.

"Okay! Utau, let's go back to my house!" Kukai said, grinning. Kukai was really gullible…

"I'm not so sure I believe them." Utau said. "How come Amu was going to speak, when Nagihiko interrupted? We all know that Nagihiko is an amazing liar and Amu can't lie for her life."

"H-Hey!" Amu protested.

"Why would I lie? The guardians are allowed to do nothing once in a while." Nagihiko said. He looked Utau in the eye. How could he do that?

"Nagi's trustworthy!" Kukai said, grinning. "They would've told me if they were doing something." Rima had to bite her lip to stop herself from smirking.

"Then why do you want us to leave?" Utau asked, still suspicious.

"What is everyone doing here?" Everyone froze. Rima felt nervous. Besides the fact their cover was blown, Rima was in front of the person who had forced her to live through hell. He could harm her again, now that she was human. Her face paled, like how she was as a vampire. Nagihiko saw her nervousness, and took her hand.

"Oh, hey Ikuto…" Amu said, smiling. Tadase was annoyed.

"Why is my brother here?" Utau wondered, extremely suspicious.

"I knew it wouldn't be just us." Ikuto muttered, his arms crossed. "What is this about?" No one said anything.

"We know everything now, Ikuto." Tadase said. "We know what you did to Mashiro-San." Ikuto's eyes widened. Nagihiko squeezed Rima's hand.

"H-How did you find out?" Utau exclaimed.

"You…knew?" Rima exclaimed. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I had to protect Ikuto." Utau said calmly.

"I had a right to know! Telling me wouldn't have put him in danger!" Rima snapped angrily. "It has to do with me! If I had died, would you have told everyone? Or, did protecting Ikuto mean more than my friends' sadness."

"Wait, I'm lost… What just happened?" Kukai wondered. He was ignored.

"Ikuto, why did you do it?" Amu asked her boyfriend. He said nothing.

"Why do you think Amu? He couldn't control himself!" Utau said angrily. "He was new to it!"

"Mashiro-San never killed any humans nor turned them into vampires! She had resisted enough to just give them minor injuries!" Tadase said. "Why couldn't you do the same?" Tadase spoke directly to Ikuto.

"Ikuto had been resisting so much more than your little friend!" Utau snapped angrily. Rima didn't like being called "little." "He hadn't eaten any blood in days! He had been more brave then Rima! After four days not eating, what would you do if you see anything?" Rima looked at the ground. She wasn't so happy about learning the truth. Why was it so painful?

"Hello? Can't anyone explain? I'm lost!" Kukai moaned.

"Ikuto turned Rima-Chan into a vampire." Nagihiko explained to his friend. Kukai's eyes widened.

"Wh-Wha-WHAT?" Kukai exclaimed.

"Are you still a vampy Ikuto-Tan?" Yaya wondered, cocking her head to the side.

"No." Ikuto replied. Everyone stared at him, shocked.

"How did you…?" Tadase asked.

"The same way she did." Ikuto snapped.

"By me!~" Ursa said, a smile on her face.

"When did you get here?" Amu asked, surprised.

"Oh, I just came. How do you like being a human, Rima?" Ursa asked, batting her eyelashes.

"Where's Kusu-Kusu?" Rima asked, letting go of Nagihiko's hand, and clenching her fists.

"Well, if I told you, wouldn't that ruin the fun?" Ursa smiled.

"Where is Kusu-Kusu?" Rima repeated, angrier. Ursa cackled.

"She happens to be here with me, right now." Ursa said. Rima froze. She didn't know what to do.

"K-Kusu-Kusu?" Rima exclaimed.

"I'm here… Always…" A tiny voice croaked. Rima could've started crying at that moment. She had not seen her chara in two days. It was only two days, but Rima thought she would never see her again.

"Shut up!" Ursa snapped, smacking her pocket where Kusu-Kusu was. Kusu-Kusu yelped in pain.
"Leave her alone!" Rima cried. Without thinking it through, Rima lunged at Ursa, reaching for her pocket.

"You creep!" Ursa cried, jumping back.

"Give her back!" Rima yelled.

"Why would I do that? I warned you that there would be consequences." Ursa pointed out. "You don't see Mr. Kitty-Cat over there screaming for his chara."

"You have Yoru too?" Rima wondered, not caring that much.

"Oh yes I do. He's so cute and adorable, and…hey!" Rima had used Ursa's blabbering as a chance to attempt to grab Kusu-Kusu. Ursa hit Rima, who moaned in pain. Rima stepped backward, mad now.

"I see one way about doing this. My own heart, un…"

"Rima-Chan, stop!" Nagihiko cried. "You know what happened last time!"

"What makes you think I care?" Rima snapped. "Temari, come on!"

"Rima-Chan, I don't want you to get hurt." Temari whispered. "I'm sorry…"

"Can't anyone be useful?" Rima said angrily.

"Well, no one wants you to get hurt, I suppose." Ursa mused. "I should get going. Adios!" Rima glared at her.

"Can you undo it, make me a vampire again!" Rima yelled at her.

"No backtracking, unless you want a vampire to bite you, in which case you will not be getting back your chara and you only have a little chance of being vampire." Ursa said. Rima was about to cry as Ursa vanished from view.

"Mashiro-San, I got our charas." Ikuto said. Rima looked up, surprised. Kusu-Kusu was floating beside Ikuto alongside Yoru.

"Rima! I've missed you so much! It was terrible!" Kusu-Kusu moaned, hugging Rima. Rima smiled, a smile rarely seen on her face.

"I missed you too…" Rima whispered. She sighed happily. "It's over now isn't it? I'm a human now. Kusu-Kusu is back." Rima's eyes darkened. "My parents…what should I do?"

"We'll find a way." Tadase reassured. "Relax Mashiro-San; everything is going to be okay now. We'll worry about your parents and your transformations later. You've been through a lot." Rima smiled.

"Maybe you're right." Rima agreed.

"Don't hesitate to tell me anything." Amu said to Ikuto. Everyone looked at them. Their noses touched.

"I won't Amu." Ikuto said. Rima didn't believe him, but he liked Amu being two inches away from him. Tadase looked really mad.

"AWKWARD! YAYA'S SURPRISED SHE ISN'T SAYING THIS ABOUT RIMA-TAN AND NAGI-TAN!" Yaya yelled loudly. Kukai laughed. Rima turned red.

"Oooh, while I wasn't around did your relationship progress anymore?" Kusu-Kusu asked, smiling. Rima glared at her.

"…Maybe…" Rima sighed. "Whatever. Tadase's right, I'm going home..." Rima paused. Where was home at this point? She had stayed at three different houses besides her own. Where was she going to stay tonight?

"You can stay with me Rima." Utau muttered, as if reading her mind. "Sanjou-San and Nikaidou wouldn't mind."

"T-Thanks…" Rima whispered. "I have to get my stuff from Nagihiko's house."

"You stayed at…"

"Yes Kusu-Kusu, I did." Rima replied, her face red. Kusu-Kusu grinned. "And before you ask, no, nothing of what you are thinking happened." Kusu-Kusu's eyes widened.

"I-I wasn't thinking that!" Rima smirked.

"Oh Kusu-Kusu, I missed you…" The two of them started towards Nagihiko's house.

Epilogue (1 week later)

It was late outside. It was two AM in the morning. Rima stood on the balcony, looking into the distance. The sky was clear, showing many stars. Rima was still staying at Yukari and Nikaidou's house. They had made contact with Rima's parents, but they wouldn't believe her when she said she was alive. Rima had been extremely upset. However, as she thought about it rationally, with the help of Nagihiko, she realized that she always knew she'd prefer staying with Yukari and Nikaidou. They fought, but it was more rivalry fighting, like Rima and Nagihiko. Rima could sleep peacefully, without hearing screaming. Even living with Utau and currently Kairi was nice.

Rima was attending Seiyo again. The students at the school were explained in vague details about the situation. Her fan-boys now hated Nagihiko, as did Nagihiko's fan-girls hate her.

"Hey Rima-Chan, why are you up so early?" Hearing Nagihiko's voice made Rima's insides swell up. All of the guardians were sleeping over at Yukari's place as the last week of being the guardians.

"I couldn't sleep. Isn't that obvious?" Rima said. Nagihiko smiled, putting his arm on the balcony beside her. He put his other arm around her shoulders.

"It's pretty outside, isn't it?" Nagihiko said. "You can see the stars…" Rima nodded. "You see the star over there?" Nagihiko motioned towards a star. "That's Polaris, the north star. Its altitude is the same latitude you are." Rima could've cared less about Polaris, but she enjoyed being with Nagihiko.

"Oh." Rima replied.

"I can see your enthusiasm." Nagihiko said sarcastically.

"I really don't care. It's also two in the morning." Rima pointed out.

"Yeah, no one is really too happy in the morning, are they?" Nagihiko smiled. "It's really early. Why don't you try to go back to sleep?"

"Same to you." Rima said, leaning her head back on his shoulder. Nagihiko smiled. Nagihiko removed his arm from behind her shoulders, and Rima leaned forward, as they both stepped away from the balcony. They kissed suddenly, for a little longer then a sweet little kiss. They broke apart.

"Good night Rima-Chan." Nagihiko said, going back to his room.

"Good night…" Rima said, smiling. She went back onto her bed, and quickly fell to sleep, thinking of Nagihiko.

It's over. I can't believe it. I hoped you enjoyed this whole entire story! Please read my other stories! Thanks for reviewing and favoriting and alerting! It means the world to me! By the way, a sequel is pretty unlikely, but this more than other stories, I could envision a sequel. Anyway, even though it's over, reviews are nice! Keep following me!