A/N: Last chapter!

Tear gulped, looking back at the three figures. Luke had stepped forward to stand beside Asch, and the two boys regarded Van with a certain amount of coldness.

Lorelei stared at Van for a moment. The Daath dorm master shrunk under the glare, backing away. "A-Alright. I surrender. I can see that this isn't a fight I can win," he murmured. Lorelei gazed at him a moment more, then closed his eyes, looking away.

"I don't have time to deal with filth like you," he said stiffly, turning and walking back towards the group.

Tear could only stare at him. He had a very powerful aura, and rather than being the good-natured, kind-hearted Headmaster she knew, he seemed imperious and cold; a dangerous enemy. She shivered at the thought, hugging herself.

Hearing a clink, she looked back towards Van, seeing him grasp the handle of his sword. She suddenly realised what he planned to do and turned.

"Lorelei, watch out!" she shouted. The golden eyed man glanced at her a moment, then turned slightly, looking towards Van. Then he stiffened as the sword was plunged into his body, the tip sticking out the other end.

Everything remained frozen for a moment, and Lorelei glared at Van with hateful eyes as a line of blood came from the corner of his mouth.

"You..." he hissed.

"Come now Lorelei. You're too naive, and we both know it," Van replied with a smirk, pulling his sword out. Lorelei collapsed to the floor, and everything fell silent.

It was a niggling feeling at first. Tear was so concentrated on the still form of Lorelei, she barely noticed it. Then it began to build and build, until finally she lifted her gaze from his prone body to the source of the building headache.

And stared.

Luke and Asch's eyes were wide as they stared at the body of their fallen father. They were trembling, breathing starting to come in ragged breaths.

"Dad...Dad..." whispered Luke, his golden eyes diluting.

Asch shook his head slowly. "Not Dad...please, not Dad.." he mumbled, instinctively hugging himself.

By now a few other people had noticed, looking towards the twins. Yulia looked concerned, apparently not expecting them to get any more powerful than they already were. Because that was what was happening.

They were gathering power.

The fonons in the air began to shiver, and now Van looked up, searching for the source of the disturbance. As the vibrations grew stronger, so did the gold glow around the two boys. Finally Tear realised what they were doing. They were causing a hyperresonance.

Separately.

Somehow, both of them were causing their own hyperresonance by themselves. Lorelei had said it was only a rumour, but now she realised he had always known they could do it. Then she remembered something else he had talked about. 'Second order hyperresonance'...The combining of two separate hyperresonances simultaneously.

Finally Van realised where the disturbance was coming from, and started towards them, his sword raised. Blood dripped down it, and their eyes only diluted even further.

"Dad.." they whispered together.

And exploded.

The force was shocking. Everyone screamed, being thrown back and crashing into others or the floor. They buried their heads in their arms, unable to withstand the raw power flooding from the twins. Yulia dragged Tear away, then grabbed Natalia and also pulled her to the side, quickly singing her second Fonic Hymn and causing a force field to appear around them and all the students and teachers, apart from Van, who she could not see through the light.

That was when the heat washed over them. It was unbearable, a searing heat like nothing Tear had ever felt before. Within seconds her body was covered in sweat, and she felt lightheaded from it. Natalia clutched her, burying her face into her shoulder, and she fought against the desire to do the same.

Then the flames faded. Yulia hesitantly lowered her barriers, and everyone inspected the damage. The courtyard was, oddly, completely unharmed, and though a few flames flickered on the grass, they didn't burn it. At the centre, Luke and Asch knelt upon the grass, the gold glow gone. Lorelei was also unscathed, at least by the flames. And the only thing remaining of Van was a pile of blackened earth.

"They went supernova. I didn't..expect them to get that far. Even Lorelei hasn't quite reached that level of control yet," Yulia whispered in shock.

Tear stood up, helping Natalia at the same time, and the two girls hesitantly walked forward to the kneeling red-heads.

"Luke? Asch?" Tear asked as they came up towards them. They didn't respond, and Natalia reached out to touch Asch's shoulder. He reacted instinctively, drawing his sword and placing it against Natalia's neck in one swift motion. For a moment everything was still, then Natalia backed away.

Asch didn't move, and Tear realised that his eyes were oddly empty.

"It's alright, Natalia. They're just acting defensively, they don't actually mean to hurt you. I doubt they would recognise anyone at this stage," she soothed the trembling blonde.

Natalia nodded slowly, but didn't reply. Tear heard footsteps and watched as the rest of their group came forward, looking upset. Jozette and Arietta crossed over to Natalia, Jozette whispering comforting words in her ear as she tried to calm her down.

"Are they alright?" asked Ion hesitantly.

Tear shook her head. "I don't know. They're not responding to anyone, as far as I can tell. Not even...Lorelei!"

Remembering him suddenly, she raced past the still boys and to his side, kneeling down and checking him over. The wound was dangerous, fatal even, yet as she checked him over she found that he was still breathing, his heart still beating.

"Guys! He's still alive!" she called back. The others looked shocked, then Yulia hurried over, checking the wound.

"If we sing the third and fourth hymns together, it should be enough to heal him and get his body working properly again," she said.

"Are we singing one each or in unison?" asked Tear.

"Unison. It will make it more powerful."

Tear nodded, closing her eyes as Yulia did the same.

"Va Rei Zue Toue Neu Toue Ryuo Toue Kuroa

Ryuo Rei Kuroa Ryuo Zue Rei Va Zue Rei..."

A gold glow appeared around Lorelei as the wound mostly closed. The two girls waited in suspense, scared that maybe it hadn't been enough, that he was going to die from blood loss.

"You need not worry."

The voice was gentle, but she didn't recognise it. Raising her head, she turned before staring.

The figure walked across the grass, short dark red hair framing her gentle face and deep green eyes shining with a deep love and understanding. She knelt next to Tear, reaching over to brush a hand through Lorelei's hair.

"Suzanne?" Yulia choked.

Suzanne raised her head, smiling. "Yulia. It's been a while. I'm glad to see you're doing well." Turning her head, she saw Tear and looked her over. "And young Mystearica. I've been watching you."

"Huh? W-What do you mean?"

"I may have passed on, but I've still been keeping tabs on my family. And let me assure you, you'll soon count as one if I know my boys."

Tear turned red and Suzanne laughed, then turned back to Lorelei.

"Why did you say we wouldn't have to worry?" Tear asked finally.

"Hmm? Oh, because Lorelei is too stubborn to let something like an injury stop him, no matter how serious. It's just one of the traits that Luke and Asch inherited from him."

"Don't I know it.." Tear sighed, and Suzanne smiled.

"You'll learn with time, dear. Just as I did. Those little, sometimes irritating quirks that make up who they are, those are the most precious things about them. It defines them, and once you have those figured out, it's pretty easy to read them!"

Tear looked at her a moment, then nodded. Finally, biting her lip, she blurted out the question.

"How are you here?"

Suzanne looked at her a moment, then smiled. "Who knows. Maybe it's because I've always felt it is my job to watch over them, and so in a time of their greatest need, I managed to appear before them." She gazed at Tear, her green eyes seeming to see right into her core. "I know you've been helping them, Mystearica. Luke especially. You are there to listen when they need to talk, and you do not judge them...and for that, I thank you."

Tear nodded slowly. "I-It's my pleasure, ma'am," she mumbled quietly.

Suzanne smiled, then sighed unhappily. "I should go. They need time to heal, and my being here is not going to help. They're slowly getting over it, but that pain is still raw. So please, Mystearica, will you help them in my stead?"

"Of course I will," Tear replied.

"Thank you," Suzanne murmured, kissing her forehead before vanishing. Tear remained kneeling there for a moment, then shook her head and looked at Yulia.

"We should probably get them moved to the Infirmary," she said, and Yulia nodded slowly.

Luke woke slowly. His head hurt and he felt exhausted, and he wanted nothing more than to go back to sleep. But something was nagging at him, so he figured he'd just find out what it was and then go back to sleep.

As he became more aware, he realised there was a light tugging on his hair. It wasn't constant, just occasional, and he wondered what was going on. Raising his head, the tugging stopped and he heard movement.

"You're awake? Sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you," Tear said, coming into his view.

"S'okay...kinda relaxing," Luke mumbled tiredly.

Tear smiled gently, brushing a hand through his hair. "You should go back to sleep. You and Asch really exhausted yourselves."

His mind slowly struggled with that, and the reason for it eventually came to him.

"Is...Dad okay?" he asked, forcing his words to make sense and not slur incoherently.

Tear nodded. "He's fine. Resting, though. He's just as stubborn as you two until he runs out of steam." Luke gave a weak chuckle, his eyes sliding shut.

"You'll...still be here, right?" he mumbled.

He heard Tear's light laugh. "Of course. Just go to sleep, Luke. I'll always be here."

A/N: And that's the end! Aww, gotta love Luke/Tear 3

Anyways, I know it's a cliffy. Don't kill me! *hides* It just kinda wanted to finish there, okay?

The sequel, 'Your Mind is Your Enemy', will have it's first chapter posted today, pretty soon after this is uploaded. It's kinda like the whole game, but in two stories XD

Review? And thanks for reading!