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The last chapter, huh? It has been a blast writing this!

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It had been about a week since the 'final battle'. Akane was still sleeping, though she had opened her eyes a few times and said a few words, but the doctors had informed Kogami that it was normal to do when people were in a coma. Akane's neck wasn't broken, but just very injured. They considered giving her a robotic neck, and they would've done it, if it wasn't for the protesting Ginoza. Now it looked like her neck was healing normally, but she was still asleep.

Kogami had wondered a lot of times if Makishima had injected Akane with something, which made her keep on sleeping. It had been a week and on the inside, Kogami was quite paranoid by now.

At the moment, Kogami had seated himself on a very uncomfortable chair in the infirmary, guarding her. Her breathing was controlled by an oxygen mask, which fogged everything she breathed.

Different transparent and colorful fluids, floated into her body via needles. Medicine. She needed it all for her healing process. Since the technology was so good in their time, the medicine was very good, though not many people had the money to it. She would be better in no time - if she just would wake up, that's it.

"Ko," Kagari greeted, raising his one hand as he walked inside the infirmary. "How is she doing?"

Kogami shrugged, leaning back in the chair. "No difference," Kogami muttered in annoyance. "I mean… she has said a few words like Makishima, brother and… murder."

Kagari frowned, contracting his eyebrows. "She feels guilty I bet," he guessed, resting his arms behind his back. "She doesn't know that he isn't dead. I wonder about how her Psycho-Pass reacts to this."

Kogami thought back on what Ginoza had told him. After Akane had taken the memory scoop, her Psycho-Pass had gone a little up, but then down again. If that was the case, her Psycho-Pass wasn't immortal due to the drugs. She just had a really strong Psycho-Pass.

"Well, now that we're talking about Akane," Kagari snickered, smirking childishly. "You are quite over-protecting towards, aren't ya?" He winked to Kogami, who groaned in annoyance.

"How did you think I'd react?" he exploded, much to Kagari's entertainment. "She was taken by her evil brother! Why wouldn't I be over-protective towards her?"

Letting out a giggle, Kagari walked towards the exit, waving his hand as a goodbye. "Yeah, yeah," he smirked. "Just saying. Think about it, though!"

Kogami grumbled, crossing his arms. As the door closed after Kagari left, Kogami gazed over at Akane's body, which hovered weakly every time she breathed.

Later on the day, Yayoi and Shion had finally dragged Kogami out of the infirmary and got him some lunch in the MWPSB's cafeteria, but his mind was still focused on Akane. And not to forget, Makishima. Kogami was vindictive. For what Makishima had done, he couldn't just let him go.

"Don't you think so, Kogami-san?" Shion asked, raising her one eyebrow. She was chewing on an unlit cigarette, since lighting it was against the MWPSB's rules.

"Wha- ehm… sure…" Kogami muttered. The truth to be spoken, he hadn't listened to the conversation. He kinda just poked at his orange salad once in a while. He had told Yayoi twice.

The two girls on the other side of the table began giggling hysterically, or at least Shion did, and Kogami had by now regretted his choice of answer.

"Ko, we know you weren't listening," Yayoi informed him, crossing her legs. "We tricked you. We asked you if you thought Akane was beautiful. Shion's idea, not mine - kind of."

Throwing his head back, Kogami groaned again, just like with Kagari. "Not you guys too…"

"Kogami-san, you haven't acted like that since…" Shion thought back, trying to find examples. "Since the-person-we-don't-talk-about stopped working here." Sasayama. He knew she meant him. Kogami groaned again, pushing away his salad like a little child.

"Don't act like a child and woman up, geez…" Yayoi added, sighing as Kogami stood up and walked away.

"It's not like that…" Kogami grumbled, walking out of the cafeteria.

After the two highly unpleasant incidents, Kogami decided to walk back to the infirmary to check on Akane.

Deep down inside, he knew that his colleagues only did this, because that was their way to stay positive in this sucky situation. Anyway, it still annoyed the living shit out of him.

Walking around the corner, he saw something horrifying. Something made his heart skip a beat. Something that made him feel cold and icky on the inside, though he had only gazed on it for .05 seconds. His eyes widened and he was afraid that they would pop out.

Just around the corner the doors to Akane's ward was open, which was weird because it was automatically opening doors. But it wasn't that, that horrified Kogami, no, it was the heart rate box in the corner of the room. There was only one long line.

Kogami dropped it jaw. He couldn't move. He felt paralyzed, which wasn't a feeling he got quite often.

With hesitant movements, Kogami started walking towards the ward. Fearing what he might see, he took good time walking up to the door.

Soon Akane's body came into his sight, but he couldn't see her eyes for the oxygen mask, and he couldn't gaze her hovering chest for the big blanket on top of her.

Not willing to procrastinate anymore, he paced up his step and walked directly into the room. A package of cigarettes was what kept the sensing door open. Diving his hands down in his pockets, he realized it was his own. A quiet curse word exited his mouth as he picked up the package and proceeded into the room - the door behind him closing.

Akane laid in the bed peacefully, and much to Kogami's relieve, she was breathing. And more to that, she had open eyes. She stared into the ceiling with exhausted eyes, but they were thoughtful as well. Like she was going over what just had happened.

"Akan-" he stopped himself from being unprofessional and cleared his throat, though his voice was full of desperation. "Inspector Tsunemori!"

With blank eyes, Akane just turned her orbs to him, blinking a few time.

"K-Kogami-san…" she whispered weakly, trying to extend her very fragile hand towards him. Her voice was kind of muffled due to the oxygen max. Kogami threw himself on his knees besides the light hospital bed and took her hand - perhaps clenching it a little too tightly.

"Yeah, I'm here," Kogami assured her, containing himself by pulling chair over to the bed, which he sat down on. "How are you feeling?" Stupid question. She just figured out she had brother, who killed her best friend and nearly herself as well. Not do damn good, Kogami would guess.

Then he spotted it. The wires from the heart rate monitor were not connected to Akane's chest anymore. They just lied loosely besides Akane's body.

"Did you rip those off?" Kogami asked curiously, gesturing the wires. First she didn't react at all, but after some time, she nodded stiffly. "Dammit, Inspector…" Grabbing onto the wires, he attached them to her chest, just a little under her collarbone. "You are an adult, stop acting like a kid. This is supposed to keep us updated about your condition." Again Akane just nodded stiffly.

Again she turned her gaze to the ceiling, her eyes empty.

"Kogami-san," she whispered again. Tears, that threatened to fall, were in the corners of her eyes. "Am I a murder?"

That question quite surprised Kogami. In some time Kogami didn't say anything. He just looked at her teary eyes. They were beautiful, she was beautiful, though he didn't want to admit it to himself.

"No," he replied shortly, making her eyes widen. "No, your not. He did fell off the roof, but he somehow managed to make it. Like he always does."

"Like he always does…" Akane repeated, blinking a few time. Her breathing was heavy and her eyes were tired. She wanted to sleep, but at the same time she didn't - it was clear to see.

Suddenly she began sitting up, her face contracted in pain. It must've been her neck. It was going to hurt for a long time. Kogami panicked, not knowing what to do.

"Wh-What are you doing, Inspector?" he cried, trying to hold her down as she tried to get up.

Akane just sent him a both stubborn and threatening look. "I… wanna- ah," she winced in pain, clenching her one eye together. "S-Sit up…"

Shaking his head, her forced her down and sighed. Afterwards he pressed a button besides the bed, which made the front of the bed elevate. Akane now sat in a nearly 90 degrees angle, much to her satisfaction. She didn't smile; she couldn't, but nodded acknowledging as she mimicked a "Thank you."

"You're unbelievable," he sighed, rolling his eyes as he leaned back in the chair. "How can it be that you can be so childish, yet you can save yourself back there like an adult?"

Shrugging, Akane did something that looked a little like a smile - if you squinted your eyes, that's it. Trying to keep her eyes open, her gaze was planted on Kogami, though she was facing the door. She was still exhausted, but Kogami knew she was scared. Scared of sleeping again, and of the thought of not waking up again.

Not one for words, Kogami then took one of her hands in his, holding eye contact as he clenched it lightly. Gosh, he hoped her vision was a little blurred, because his face felt so hot, and he could just imagine how red his cheeks must've looked.

"Go to sleep, Inspector," Kogami murmured, a small smile on his lips. "You need it to recover, I think…"

Doing as she was advised, Akane nodded and closed her eyes. It didn't take long for Kogami to see that she wasn't conscious anymore, but this time she would wake up again.

The next few weeks went like this; Akane's parents and her friend visited a few time, not wanting to stress her out. Kagari held her company when she was awake, telling her stories about Ginoza, which made her smile and utter something sounding like a giggle. Kogami visited as well, mostly in the evening when she was caught up in a book. The hospital bed some kind of tripod, which could hold up the book and turn the pages - much to Akane's relieve. She liked reading, so Kogami had to close the book, saying that she had to go to bed.

Yayoi and Shion visited together with Masaoka when no one else did, which was quite rare. The girls helped Akane bath, which should be done during extreme supervision. When wanting some fresh air, Kogami drove her around, though Kagari insisted on doing that, but Kogami wasn't that fond with that. He even took her to his 'apartment' and cooked for her as she tried re-telling some of the stories that Kagari had told her - though her voice wouldn't quite agree on what she said.

The name "Makishima" wasn't spoken at all. The therapist's recommendation, though Akane swore that she was fine.

Ginoza had kept his distance on Akane. He felt guilty - so guilty that he had a hard time looking into those lifeless eyes of hers. She could barely speak, though she was getting better, and it was his entire fault - according to himself. Checking up on her as she slept was the only thing he could do.

God, how stupid he felt.

"You… don't have to do this, you know," Akane murmured with her rasping voice. The color was slowly returning to her cheeks, and the otherwise cold and lifeless eyes were beginning to shine again. Kogami had again brought her to his apartment and was cooking the thing he knew he could actually cook without burning it - Spaghetti Danieli. Akane loved it though. "I don't want to burden you."

Letting out a grunt, Kogami turned around. "I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't want you here," he assured her, a smirk playing on his lips. "Plus, we're all missing you in Division 1. I have to listen Kagari's complaining all day. That's your job, ya know!"

She giggled at his words and the evident impatience planted across his face as he fought with the spaghetti, cooking behind of him.

"Well then…" she muttered, leaning back in her wheelchair placed at by the table. "Knock yourself out…!"

About a week and a half later, Akane had regained her voice completely and agreed on working on a case by the side of Shion, since she still was in no condition to move.

The case was simple; illegal medicine was stolen and given to people, who didn't need it. The perpetrators had a cloudy Psycho-Pass, so they tried to avoid being on too supervised streets, but it was completely impossible to avoid that, so they had been spotted a few times. Last time they were spotted was just a little away from the center of Tokyo.

"Be careful!" Akane cheeped to the enforcers and Inspector as they proceeded. Kagari made the peace sign as he walked out of the door, Yayoi by his side, while Kogami waved without looking back. Shion had excused herself to go to the bathroom, so it was only Akane - and Ginoza who hadn't made it out of Shion's lab.

"Ginoza-san," Akane called, making the bespectacled Inspector flinch in surprise. Stopping up, he clenched his fists. "I know you're beating yourself up over what happened." Ginoza, who hadn't turned around just grunted.

"Tsunemori, it's my fault that you are disabled at the moment," he stated, shifting his weight over to his other foot. "It's my fault that you aren't able to-"

"Ginoza, shut up," Akane said coldly, which made Ginoza look at her shocked, not knowing that she had the guts to say such harsh words. She was really toughening up. "Stop blaming yourself for what happened. It would have been the same if it were Kogami-san, Kagari-kun, Yayoi-san and etcetera. We wouldn't have avoided this."

Crossing his arms in disbelief, he leaned up against the wall in the dark room. "Your hue-"

"My hue is fine, Ginoza-san," she assured him with a convincing smile. "If you obnoxious over it, check it then."

Uttering a 'tsk', he pulled up his sleeve, revealing his Inspector watch. Finding the scanner in the watch, he raised his wrist so it pointed at Akane.

"Crime Coefficient is 32." the voice of Sibyl System spoke, making Ginoza's eyes widen.

"See?" Akane said, smiling slightly. "I'm completely fine! It has been worse though. When Chief talked to me, once I could barely speak, I asked her to take check my Psycho-Pass. It was at 42, but it has gone down."

His hand grabbed onto his sleeve, pulling it down again, looking at Akane with still guilt free eyes.

"Now go do your job so you can become good friends with Chief again, after not informing her about your actions," Akane snickered, making Ginoza groan in annoyance of the thought. "I'm not blaming you, neither should you!"

"Y-Yeah, yeah," Ginoza grumbled, walking towards the door as he waved to Akane as he left. "Stay safe, alright?"

As the case was over, Akane had made Shion drive her back to the infirmary and help her to bed. The doctors had told her that she would be able to walk again in about a month or so, and she would be able to go home in a few weeks, but they wanted to look over her a little more. Mostly to make sure her neck was doing fine.

At about 11:30 PM, the infirmary door opened. The room itself was dark, except for one lamp, which illuminated the pages in Akane's book. Stepping inside the room, Kogami let out a 'tsk' as he saw the young Inspector still reading.

"Oh, hi," Akane greeted, looking up from the book, which she had finally got permission to hold. The doctors had been obnoxious about her looking too much down, for example in books, because it could hurt her neck. "I'll go to bed soon, I promise!"

"Inspector, I'm not your babysitter, that's your job," Kogami pointed out, making Akane chuckle lightly. "But I would be a lousy babysitter anyway."

Looking up again, Akane narrowed her eyes like she was examining him. "Hmm… yeah, you would." she agreed and nodding, which made the enforcer in front of her shake his head.

"Well, at least you're feeling better," he said, crossing his arms. "Your light mood shows that clearly. Now, go to bed, you won't be able to get up tomorrow if you don't."

Sighing, Akane closed book. "Fine…" she pouted like a little child, which made Kogami oppress a giggle. He had to stay as professional as possible, but it was hard as he and Akane had devolved such a casual relationship over the weeks. Jokes were common, though Kogami tried keeping his 'cool' facade.

Her hand reaching the button by the bed, she struggled pressing it. Kogami shook his head, and pressed it for her, making the front part of the bed lie down.

"Thank you," she sighed as the tiredness hit her like a brick. "For taking care of me. Kogami-san."

Not one for words, Kogami ruffled her brown, short hair lightly, making her smile a little. It wasn't like him to show affection like that, but after the accident, he had become somewhat protective towards her. He was in an eternal battle about if he liked it or not.

Slowly he could see that her breathing became steady, which he guessed was her falling asleep. For some time he just admired her. She wasn't weak nor fragile. He just felt the need for her not to get hurt again.

Not now, not ever.

8 months later

It was dangerous mission. Not that it was difficult, not at all, but they had to disassemble a bomb in a building, which was quite difficult. The two new enforcers had enrolled in Division 2. Hinakawa Sho and Tougane Sukaya. Both very talented and enthusiastic, and had for this mission, they had been assigned to help Division 1.

Struggling to run up the stairs, Akane had to use her hands to climb the last steps. Of course, Akane had volunteered to be the bait for the perpetrators, much to both Kogami and Ginoza's concern. Both of them had been quite protective towards her after she came back to work. Ginoza had the more fatherly role, while Kogami had another special role.

Gunshots echoed through the tower, which she at the moment ascending. Tinkling noises of metal hitting metal echoed through the tower as well, making a shiver go down her spine.

The sound of the Inspector watch ringing, took Akane's attention away from the gunshots.

"Kogami-san," Akane greeted, panting. "Is everyone okay?"

"Yes, they are all secured, the civilians are evacuated, but there is one problem though," he replied. Great amount of wind made it hard for Akane to hear what Kogami said. "We couldn't dissemble the bomb. The new guy, Hinakawa, tried it form the HQ, but it didn't work as we wanted."

Reaching the end of the stairs, she fumbled with both the doorknob and the dominator watch. The door was locked.

"Dammit," Akane grumbled, raising her leg and kicked the door down. Her rehabilitation had made her so much stronger, which Kogami has shown much impression for. Behind the door was the outside. A roof. The cold wind from the cold winter night touched her naked arms. "How long time do I have left to get away?"

A loud sigh enacted at the other end of the call. "Thirty seconds, I would guess," Kogami answered, evidences of worry in his voice. "I have an idea though."

Making it out to the middle of the roof, she recognized what roof it was. The rough ground crunching under her shoes like snow. The view over the city, which was illuminated by the city lights. It all gave it away. She found herself on the roof where she would've taken her last breaths those months ago. The roof where she nearly became a murder.

The name "Makishima" hadn't been mentioned even once. Whole Division 1 had been very discrete as they talked about the case, and Akane had even been taken off the search of her brother, much to her annoyance. On the other hand, since she still hadn't accepted the fact that her brother was him, she was kind of relieved.

"Well, then feel free to tell me…" Akane muttered, a little stressed, though she wouldn't admit it to herself.

"Jump out of the roof." Kogami demanded.

"Wha- have you lost your mind, Kogami-san?" Akane exclaimed into the watch, her eyes wide.

"Trust me," Kogami said, now with a calm voice. "I'll catch you before you hit the ground. You trust me, don't you?"

Akane groaned in annoyance over his calm voice - and over the fact, that he was right. She trusted him. She trusted him with her life.

"Fine." she said loudly, ending the call, sliding the sleeve over her watch. Shaking her hands, she relieved the adrenaline going through her body with great speed.

Without thinking about it an extra time, Akane took off. She ran against the wind, letting its coldness embrace her as she neared the edge. The crunchy ground under her feet, supported her every step, making sure that she didn't fall. The edge moved closer to her and small chills went down her spine. Her heartbeats were pace and her breaths were shallow.

And then she jumped.

As she looked down she could see the many cars, but she doubted that any of them were one of MWPSB's cars. They all looked like miniature, toy cars to her, and the people looked like small ants.

Heat warmed up her back lightly, and light illuminated the whole city around. A loud explosion erupted behind of her, making her flinch as she fell through the air. The bomb had gone off.

Her body began floating down towards the ground. She was scared for a second. Really scared! But the sound of a helicopter calmed her down as she saw the spike-haired enforcer, having a tight grab around a ladder, hanging from the helicopter, ready to catch her. The helicopter did a sudden move, stirring towards her.

Kogami, who hung from the helicopter, extended an arm towards the falling Akane, which she immediately returned. Kogami's arm neared Akane's, and when their fingertips touched, he grabbed a hold around her wrist.

Akane gasped by the sudden grip around her wrist. It gave a jolt in her body as she was caught, but nothing she couldn't handle. Tilting her head up, she met Kogami's gaze. He had a smirked planted across his face.

"Told you I would catch you!" he said loudly, trying to drown the sound of the helicopter.

Akane looked down at the miniature cars driving under her, afterwards glancing up at Kogami again, she signaled for him to pull her up. He did so. With only his one arm, he pulled up her small body, grabbing her by the waist.

Placing her feet on the ladder, Akane rested her head against Kogami chest. They were used to that by now.

"You are being too reckless, ya know," Kogami stated, his arm tight around her waist. They had gotten used to this. The one saving the other. Saving each other. Being close to each other. Hearing each other's heartbeat. It had been a lot of months now since the 'incident'. "Volunteering in all of these missions."

Akane chuckled, hitting him in the chest playfully, though she clung tightly to his suit in fear of falling. "You're the one hanging from a helicopter."

Shrugging, he tugged in the latter, showing that they were ready to be pulled up. The ladder began moving up towards the opening in the bottom of the moving helicopter.

"Still, you haven't recovered completely, you know. I don't want you to get hurt," he muttered, planting a kiss on her hair crown. It didn't matter how many times he did that, it still made her face heat up. Looking back, Akane admired the burning building, still feeling Kogami's lips against her hair. This was her life now. "I love you. Akane."

Well, I hope you enjoyed that ending! I know how much you guys just love time skips (I'm so sorry, I'm horrible).

So this was the end, it was a fun fanfiction to write and I hope you enjoyed it all!

Thanks for reading

/Sofie.