Last chapter of Part II!

After this I'll be taking another hiatus from ATFO... I start school soon and I have a lot of stuff going on right now but it will be continued!

Thanks for everyone who's ever read and reviewed! You all mean so much to me! Enjoy!

~Tiruneko ;3

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Kaiko laughs.

"No? Are you sure that's your final answer?" Gumi asks. Kaiko laughs again. "You know, I'm alright with your decision, because it means I get to do this."

Gumi removes the right gun, for a fraction of a second, and then, with a loud thud, Kiyoteru's figure hits the ground after the second bullet has already fired. But not from her gun. A short and rail-thin blonde wearing leather clothing that shows a pierced belly button and a little too much skin drops out of seemingly nowhere and hits the stage with the same force Gumi had carried with her. The blonde with a chain hanging out of their mouth holds a blow torch and a lighter.

With a completely emotionless face, the figure mouths, "boom", and a fireball streaks across the stage, forcing everyone to duck.

An even shorter girl with jet black chin length hair dressed in all red lowers a smoking gun from its position aimed at Rin's chains. The blonde girl rockets to her feet, just in time to dodge a swing of Haku's sword.

From there, an all-out war breaks out, with Gumi as the commanding general.

The world is a blur for Miku. One moment, her hands bound, the next not, screaming, the crowd running, fire, hands gripping her, pulling her to her feet. There's an explosion and debris rain down from somewhere. The ground shakes. Len's voice reaches her from out of a fog. She opens her eyes long enough to see a glistening silver object fly through the air. Her hand reaches out. She lunges. The cold thing falls into her palm. Someone screams. Then she's pulled off of her feet, and she's moving.

She's been placed behind a hunk of concrete fallen from the elegant water fountain in the center of the square. From over it she can see the mysterious and unknown blonde wielding fire, seemingly breathing it out over heads. Lily screaming, a fist connecting with her face, Rin grinning madly as she lays another blow against her. The black haired girl in red, swinging around two pistols. Gumi, with Kaiko held under one arm, and with her free hand, holding a pistol to the woman's temple as she shouts commands.

Haku makes a lunge for Gumi and her hostage, but before she can reach her, a blonde boy rams his body into Haku's side, sending her tumbling. Len's fist connects with her nose. Then, Watchers rush onto the stage. More noise. The blonde in leather triggers another explosion. Debris. Fire. Miku screams while desperately trying to shield herself. The entire world is in chaos. She sees smoke and blood and watches, helpless, watches as even IA charges, biting into the flesh of Lily's arm until she draws blood.

Arms wrap around Miku's and Oliver, pulling her to her feet. Len shouting something as he comes into view in front of the frozen teal haired girl and the eye-patched boy. Miku desperately turns her head as she's being dragged away by the two.

On the stage she sees IA grabbing IO's wrist as the black haired girl grabs IA's wrist and they jump off of the remnants of the wood, dashing madly towards herself and the two boys, and Yuuma not far behind, his shouts lost against the sounds of the shattering chaos. Just before she's turned around, Miku sees a flash of light across Haku's rapier, now wielded by a blood-thirsty, crazed green haired girl. She blinks just as the blade slides into Kaiko's stomach. Then the mystery blonde is pulling a cord connected to who knows what, and fire consumes Miku's vision.

The world seems to catch up to her then.

"Miku! Run!" Len shouts as he practically drags her towards a large towering building still intact in the underground city. Above the building is a giant gaping hole, spilling sunlight downwards.

The next thing she knows, she's running faster than she ever has before, running up stairs and stairs and stairs towards the roof of the building bathed in glorious sunlight. As she bursts through the door and onto the roof, dangling from the metal ladder leading upwards is the black haired girl. IA and IO disappear out into the light with Oliver and Yuuma immediately behind. Len next. Miku forces herself to climb and grips the black haired girl's hand as she's tugged up.

Outside, there is panic.

And then there's an… an armored truck. An armored truck specifically for money transport. The black haired girl rushes into the driver's seat as Miku feels herself being pulled inside the back by Len.

The doors slam and there's the deafening squeal of rubber against the asphalt as the car peels away.

Len waves his hand in front of Miku's eyes, but it doesn't seem to register with her. Yuuma, face damp with sweat, says in a hoarse voice, "I think she's in shock. And… look. The wound in her stomach is still bleeding."

"Who was that?" Rin pants, collapsed on the cold metal floor of the truck. "The two people with Gumi?"

"One's driving, ask them!" IA shouts suddenly, her face red with adrenaline. IO has his arms locked around her neck and won't let go for anything. He's breathless, but smiling.

Oliver pants, entirely out of breath, "Thank God for Gumi."

"Miku?" Len says, waving his hand in front of her red eyes again. Nothing. A collective breath is held as he presses his lips to her bloody ones. Miku blinks for a long minute.

"I- It's… I'm…" She splutters, delirious from blood loss and too dazed to register anything.

"What's in her hand?" IO asks.

Something shines in Miku's palm. Len carefully uncurls her fingers and draws out the gleaming silver button, still un-pushed.

"What is it?" Rin asks.

"I don't know'." Len says.

"The blue haired lady said it would save us all." IA whispers. "Did Gumi… kill her?" No one speaks. No one knows. "Should we…?"

"I don't know." He says.

Suddenly the car lurches to a stop. The doors fly open, shedding orange light into the truck. The seven inside pile out to find they're standing in an open field of bright green grass as the sun is gust setting.

The black haired girl clad in red is standing expectantly. "Well?" She says.

"Who are you?" Rin asks.

"My name's Iroha. I owed Gumi a little favor." The girl shrugs. She's wearing a red jump suit with a hood that has cat ears sewed on top. Her face is round and she wears a wide smirk.

"Where is Gumi?" Yuuma asks.

"She'll show up eventually."

With that the group takes solace. So, there, in a meadow in the middle of nowhere, against the side of a stolen armored transport car, a group of unusual eight children, some demons, some human, watch the sun set.

"It's not very pretty tonight." IA remarks, leaning her head against IO's shoulder. IO nods.

Miku's back is pressed against Len's chest, his arms around her still bleeding waist, on the edge of another death, she whispers in a raspy voice, "Len…?"

"Yeah?"

"Are we… safe… now?" She breathes. Len nods, running a hand down her teal hair.

"Yeah, right now. Right now, we're safe." He whispers to her.

"For… how long?" She pants.

"I don't know."

And like that, snuggled into his chest, watching the sun set, Miku lets her eyes close with the hope of safety lingering in her ears. And that's how she'll wake up. In his arms, bathed in the sunset.

It's a happier ending than part I, I think, but I have more brutal cliff hangers. The blonde that was with Gumi and Iroha was 96 Neko, if anyone's really curious to know.

Sorry the chapter reads a little chaotically and awkwardly but it was meant to come off that way because of Miku's shock. Hope it was still alright!

THANK YOU ALL!

~Tiruneko ;3