A/N: Well, guys, this is the end. This was a quick fic and a fun fic. I hope everyone enjoys the end. The extra episode will be uploaded in a second, no author's note. Just the extra. This one is particularly short because of the extra.
Also, please check out Happenstance. That's still me on there, just on the alternate account. It's just getting started but it's still a fun fic.
Giry, I'm happy you reviewed this at all. Thanks for pointing out the nitpicks. Once this settles down, I'll be going back through. Thanks!
And Xros-Hero, I'm glad you enjoyed. I hope you enjoy this.
XXXV. Happiness
"Kind endings are to comfort the living."
Xros Loaders hit darkened earth as the group sighed in relief. It was over. They had won. Bagramon's plan, whatever it had really been in the end, had clearly not worked. Taiki watched them, watched their eyes, and chuckled a little. It went unnoticed, and he began to walk away. The gentle rhythm of power continued to thrum under his fingers.
The battle was over, but the Code Crown wasn't finished. Neither was he, not really. He wondered if they would see that.
They probably wouldn't. They never did. They hadn't seen his tears. Certainly they wouldn't catch on.
A part of him was relieved about that. That part burst out laughing and continued even as the others turned to look, as the Final Xros ended and the grass turned green. He laughed until he was crying and the tears were turning into red droplets. They made his skin burn a little bit. "You guys... you really thought there would be a happy ending, didn't you?" His voice sounded as gentle as it ever had. He pitied them for not knowing, and envied them for it too. "Those don't exist yet. They haven't been made."
He saw Yuu tense, saw Akari coiled to strike him as she once had struck the Code Crown, and shook his head. "You didn't save me. You just delayed what was going to happen. I congratulate you on trying though."
The light smoked and burned. It was getting hard to see through it. He could still hear and he heard Yuu's voice, his confusion. He could hear their screams, their horror, and could only shake his head.
"Amano Yuu-kun, all of you... don't you understand?" The black and red abyss smiled at them one more time. "The game hasn't been finished yet."
Then, he was gone, leaving only the Code Crown spiraling into Shoutmon's waiting hands.
"The next round is beyond us."