This chapter is what happens after Takara dies from Shima's point of view and mind. And just to let you know, the story will live on after this chapter.

My tears streamed down my face fastly as her perfect beautiful face fell into the water and that stupid man took her away from me. We were having the times of our lives and I was so close, I was going to ask her out, but he took her away from me. I looked over at Rin who's fists were balled up in his lap and he was screaming, tears floating down his face and onto the sand. She's not dead… She can't be. She isn't dead, she isn't. "It's just a dream!" I screamed, my hands hitting the sand.

"If this is anything… It's a nightmare." Rin said, raising his head up to me as his tears streamed down his face.

"We have to go get her." I said, getting up and striding out to the water.

"She's gone Shima." Rin persisted, his face looking towards the sand again.

"We have to go-"

"SHE'S GONE."

"SHE'S STILL OUT THERE WE HAVE TO GO GET HER." I screamed, running back to the water as Rin came and grabbed my arm.

"She is gone." Rin hissed, tugging me back to shore as I resisted.

"She's still out there, SHE IS STILL ALIVE." I protested, trying to make myself believe she's still out there.

"You saw her die Shima, you know she's dead." Rin watched me stomp around the shore as he yelled.

"But what if I want to believe she's not?" I barked back, my eyes squinting from the tears.

"Well she is, and we can't do anything about it… Let's go home." Rin said, walking away as a single tear streamed down his face.

"I don't want to leave."

"Well I want to go."

"Well I want my lover back."

"She wasn't even your lover."

"I'd like to pretend she was." I sighed desperately, sitting on the sand with my head in between my knees.

"Let's go…" Rin said, tugging me along to the car to go home.

My feet dragged along the sand as the tears blurred my vision, the sand burning my feet, its not like I cared either way. I wouldn't care if I died right now, I just want her. Why did she have to die? Why not me… Then I got an idea. "Hey Rin..." I piped up, looking at him.

"What is it now?..." Rin questioned, rubbing his head dully.

"What if I traded my soul for hers? She would be able to come back if I trade my body for hers?" I sputtered excitedly, smiling lightly as tears still ran down my face.

"I don't think that would work." Rin disagreed, getting in the car with me.

"I'm going to ask Mephisto, he would know." I said hopefully, looking out the window, thinking about her.

Why did it have to be her. Why? Why couldn't it be some other girl, or even me. She didn't do anything, why did she have to go. Why couldn't I of just taken her place, me go instead of her. It would've been so much easier that way… Is this some sort of punishment? Because this is putting me through hell. I would do anything to get her back, anything. I need her, I really need her right now. I love her, and I would die for her. I was too much of a wimp to say anything about that until now, but I wish I said something before. I will get her back, I willsay those words she wanted to hear. I love her, and I need her back.

I knocked on Mephisto's principle office doors loudly and harshly to hear him getting up and saying, "I'm coming, calm down."

He opened the door to see me standing there. "So, uh Mr. Pheles, I have a question."

"Sure kid… get in here." Mephisto replied while shutting the door behind me, sitting behind his desk and signaling to the chair in front of it.

I sat down in front of him and asked, "Mr. Pheles, do you know what happened at the beach earlier today?"

"Well, Rin came in here, dropped of the $30 you guys made, then walked off not saying anything. Did anything interesting happen?" He asked, folding his hands together and leaning on them.

"Takara… She was taken…"

"By who?" He asked, his eyes taking on an interesting but pissed look.

"By Egyn, I think. We were swimming in the ocean and this giant thing came and talked to her then he was standing on the water and he killed her…" I said, looking down at the floor.

"I'm leaving, now." He hissed, getting up quickly.

"Wait!"

"What, Shima?"

"If I traded my soul for hers would she come back?"

"No." He finished, slamming his fist against the wall.

I ran out of there quickly and looked at my watch to see it was time for cram school. Yukio would kill me if I skipped, not as if I cared, but Ryuji would want to be told about Takara by me and not Rin.

I stepped into the hallway of cram school and walked into the classroom to see mass destruction. Desks were flipped everywhere, Yukio was having trouble restraining the absolutely pissed Rin, with Izumo and Shiemi trying to restrain Ryuji. As I walked in Ryuji took one look at me and I saw his face was full of rage and denial, with a hint of sadness and unforgiving. I stepped back but it was too late, Ryuji was already standing over me and punching me in the face repeatedly, this time Rin coming to my rescue and pulling him off of me. Rin started restraining him, or trying to, and Ryuji was kicking and screaming, tears flying all over both of them. This restraining soon turned into fighting, punches flying all over both of them as I tried to pull them apart, "Stop! STOP!"

"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS?" Ryuji screamed, pushing me now.

"It wasn't my choice, and I couldn't do anything about it." I yelled back, him pushing me to the floor.

"LIKE HELL YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT." Rin wailed while kicking me harshly.

"Oh so it was your fault?!" Ryuji screamed, standing over me and kicking my chest.

"STOP. ALL OF YOU. Do you think little miss Takara is looking down from heaven and smiling that her three favorite boys are fighting and screaming at each other? I regret not loving my baby sister to the fullest extent, but you are her most loved three people. So you know what, all of you three need to stop. Right now. She would love to have us give her a funeral or just a reception right here and right now, okay?" Yukio yelled, pulling himself together and pushing us three apart.

"I don't want to do anything right now." Ryuji barked, punching the wall.

"You don't want to say a couple words for the girl you…" Rin mumbled, not sure what to say about what Ryuji thought.

"Loved. I loved her, so much, and I was afraid to let her go." Ryuji stuttered, shutting his eyes and looking up at the ceiling.

We all stood there and for a moment and looked at him, "Ryuji, we are gonna do a reception, right now. Whether you like it or not." Rin confirmed, lifting up one of the desks and using it as a stand.

"You can say the first words Yukio." Rin said, throwing a broken desk leg to Yukio as sort of the 'talking stick'.

"Ok well for starters, Takara was my baby sister and I didn't show that much love for her. I regret not showing her I loved her, probably more than I've regretted anything in my whole life. I wanted to be close to her, almost as close as Rin is, but I was a horrible brother. I just love her so much, and I don't know how I'm going to live without her. She was the best sister anyone could ever ask for and I remember so many great times with her as kids, and even some great times recently. I love her, and wish I was there to save her, but I know she's up there in heaven smiling down at all of us. I already miss her big smile and warm heart, lighting up my dull world. I love you Takara, and thank you for all of your kindness and generosity." Yukio finished, tears now streaming down his face too.

"I will go next." Izumo said, Yukio throwing her the talking stick. "I didn't know Takara very well but she always made us laugh and smile, and I will treasure that memory of her. She was the nicest girl I ever met, and I looked up to her. Not only for her strength and nobility but also for her caring and strong willed mind." Izumo said with a teary smile, her voice quavering into tears.

Izumo handed the stick to Shiemi, who was absolutely balling her eyes out, "I really liked Takara. She was the nicest girl I've ever met, and she stayed with me when times were rough. She barely knew me and she stuck up for me just because she knew it was the right thing to do. She was wonderful, and I will love every memory of her." Shiemi mumbled through her tears, stuffing her face into Rin's chest as she handed him the stick.

"Ok here goes nothing." Rin said, gripping the stick and petting Shiemi's golden hair. "Takara was the best sister anyone could ask for, she was bold and beautiful and she always knew what to say. She was the other half of me, literally, and I will miss her more than anything. Every memory I've ever had was with her and I can't just forget that. I will carry this with me for the rest of her life, thinking of all of the memories with her, even the bad ones. She was always good to me, even when she was angry. My favorite memory of her was her laugh, it was the most heartwarming wonderful thing I've ever heard in my entire life. I just wish I could've done something to not let this happen, it was my fault. I loved her more than anyone in the whole world, she always made my day amazing. I will never ever forget her. She was so strong though, she always made me happy and always kept up a smile. All she wanted was to make people happy, and to make their days better than hers. She put everyone else before herself, and I envy her that she could do that sort of thing. Right before our dad died he told me and her that he wanted one last thing from us. He told us that he wanted us to make him proud. I am 100 percent positive she made him proud, in more ways than one. She and our dad are probably looking down at us all right now, and to them I just want to say that… I love you, both of you, no matter whatever happened and whatever is going to happen, I love you guys." Rin said, crying so hard he wasn't able to speak anymore.

He threw the stick in the general area of Ryuji and he bent over and picked it up, his tears slamming against the school floor. "I don't like talking about my feelings or doing anything like that, so I'm going to make this short, and I'm talking to her, not any of you, because I know she's up there listening to me. I loved everything about you Takara, you are the most beautiful girl I've ever met. I played with your feelings and I'm so sorry for that, I really truly regret doing that to you, and I will never forgive myself. My favorite memory of you was when you hugged me, it always made me feel soft and warm. I won't be able to live without you, I will miss you for the rest of my life. I can't bear to think of what life would've been like without you. Every time I think of you it's like wonderful feelings rush through my body. I have so much more to say, but I can't say it her, not now. I want you to know that I love you so much, and I always will." I looked over at Ryuji who was on his knees crying harder than I've ever seen a man cry before.

He threw the stick at my face; it hit my face then dropped to my hand where I caught it. "Where to begin with Takara, my lovely. I love her more than I've ever loved anyone, even myself or my parents or anything. I treasure every single time I think of her, and I can't stop thinking about her. I will never forgive myself for this; I couldn't save the one thing I loved most in the world. I won't love any other girl the way I loved her. I just want to say to her that I love her so much, and I will never forget her. I would never do anything to hurt her, and I can barely live with myself right now. My favorite part of her was the way she cared for everyone. I barely knew her when I first met her and she seemed like she cared so much about me, about everyone, whether she liked them or not. If I was to say how much I loved her, I would say to infinity and beyond. She was the only thing the lit up my dull world; I will miss her for the rest of my life. I love you, Takara."

My heart felt like it was spilt into two by lightning until Mephisto came in, clapping as a tear ran down his face, "After those words, I realize that you guys truly love that woman. So I will go and get her back." Mephisto said, our heads turning to him.

"You can get her back?" Rin screamed, looking at him with burning hatred.

"I'm going there right now." He replied, turning around to leave.

I sank to the ground and put my hands together in praise, "We all have hope now, thank you for just that."

"Well, what should we do while we await for his return? Because if he brings her back, we will have some living up to do." Yukio said, rubbing his head.

"You don't know what you love until you lose it." Ryuji said, hitting his head on the wall.

"This wait is going to kill me." I said, running my fingers through my hair.

"It's going to kill all of us." Rin said, leaning his head back, still petting Shiemi's hair.