Final Chapter

It was true. Pika was dead, but Kira was alive. Kira slept peacefully, but no matter what, she wouldn't wake up.

"I think she'll wake up sometime." Zen told Cisqua and Rowen as he took her body from them, "I'm just glad she's all right."

"Yeah." Cisqua was back in her Arc Aile clothing without the dorky hat she used to wear, with a few developments. It was Arc Aile colors, but it was like her previous clothing, a black tube top with the long jacket and blue jeans.

"Hey, Cisqua." Rowen walked with her along the pathway, "Why don't we visit your little sisters? You're worried about them, aren't you?"

"…Do they even WANT to see me…?"

"What?"

"They've never sent me letters the entire time I've been at Arc Aile."

"Cisqua, come on. Let's at least try."

"…Mm. OK." She nodded softly as they walked back to the airship.

"Cisqua!!" a little girl's voice called out, "You're home!!"

"Kairi! You can tell who I am, even though it's been so long?" she warmly smiled.

"Of course!" Kairi laughed.

"Big sis!" one a bit older came out and hugged her.

"Reiya, are you doing OK? Is everyone healthy?"

"Thanks to the money you've been sending every month! But… The money hasn't been coming from you this last year…"

"What?"

"Ah, that's because I gave some of my salary to help out. Cisqua's been gone for a while and hasn't been paid by Arc Aile."

"Rowen, you…?!"

"Thanks, big brother!" Kairi and Reiya hugged him.

"Brother?!" he blushed.

"Welcome home, sister."

"Seira…" Cisqua looked softly at the second oldest sister. Cisqua, who was now twenty years old, had a little sister who was 16, Seira.

"You disappeared from Arc Aile, I hear." She walked down to her from the house. Seira was very strict and quiet, which kept Cisqua on her toes.

"Sorry… I had my reasons…" she turned her head away.

"I know. But…" she looked softly at her sister, "Welcome back." Her face didn't change.

"Seira…" she walked up to her, "YOU'RE SO CUTE WHEN YOU SMILE!!" Cisqua glomped her little sis.

"What?! She didn't smile!!" Rowen exclaimed.

"Seira almost NEVER smiles, but she smiles plenty on the inside…" she cuddled up to Seira.

"OK, OK…"

"By the way, Seira," Cisqua became suddenly serious, "Why did you never send me any letters?"

"Simple. Arc Aile didn't allow any outside letters, in fear that they might be rigged, or something."

"Seriously?!"

"Yeah, you didn't know Cisqua?" Rowen asked.

"YOU NEVER TOLD ME!!

"You've been there longer than me."

"Urgh…" she hated the truth.

"Is he your husband?" Kairi asked.

"Wh-Wh-What?!"

"N-No, we're not-!"

"Then are you going out?" asked a girl who ran out.

"Ruri, my cute littlest sister," Cisqua picked up and hugged the petit little girl, "We're… Something."

"Something?"

"Something." Cisqua and Rowen blushed, their hearts beating with no end.

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As her eyes opened, she saw a room made of mostly wood, and the sound of water pouring filled her ears.

"Zen…" Kira shook her head which was fuzzy from sleeping so long.

"Kira…! You're awake…!" he smiled, and almost cried while embracing her within her bed.

"Thanks to Pika, I lived." She told her lover, tears flowing with no stop, but still smiling, "She gave me the last bit of her powers. She said that I had more to live for than her, and if anyone was to live, it had to be me." Kira held her hands to her face, crying hard.

"Kira…" she opened her hands slightly, "Pika loved you so much. She wanted you, Cisqua, Rowen, everyone to live for her," he kissed her softly on the lips, "So please, don't cry."

"Zen." She hugged him tight.

"Do you want to see Cisqua?"

"Mm-mm. Not yet. Not till I heal completely. I want her to see me as a completely brand new person." She held up the bottle of the liquid Rowen had given her and truly drank it all this time, "Not as a sting raid."

"Right." He kissed her again, brushing back her hair from her face.

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"Please come again!" all of the sisters called.

"Sure!" Cisqua laughed, and walked with Rowen, "Hey, Rowen," she smiled, "Wanna take a walk?"

"Sure." He smiled warmly. They came to a quiet hill with a small brook surrounding it. The moon was in the sky, and it somehow looked bigger. They both sat down on the grass next to each other.

"Hey…" she asked, "Do you remember? We sat just like this before I left you guys."

"I remember, but I kind of don't want to."

"Ehhh? It was a really good memory!" she retorted.

"I lost you the next day."

"Oh… Sorry…" Cisqua took off her jacket to reveal her black tube top, "Hey, if I had died… What would you have done…? Would you fall in love with someone else, like you did with Viro…?" she asked softly, looking into his mind with innocent eyes. He quickly pulled her close to him and kissed her on the lips passionately. She felt his tongue caressing hers, his lips covering over her lips again and again. Cisqua lay down on the grass on her back, and he arched himself above her.

"I found out what true love was when I fell in love with you," he told her, "If you did die, I wouldn't have ever loved another woman."

"Rowen…" she raised her neck up and kissed him hotly, and then descended back onto the ground with him, her hair flowing out all over the grass. He lay his head on her chest.

"I love you." He told her, and she smiled.

"I love you." She responded, and he kissed her neck gently, "And I'm only yours."

"Same for me." He kissed her once more.

"You know, I used to think if I was as good as Viro… "Am I not pretty enough?"… But now, you've given me the courage… To keep living." She took out her pistol that she had so wanted to use on herself and tossed it far into the woods as they embraced and let their lips stroke against each other under the light of the moon.

THE END

NOBODY EVER COMMENTED. NOBODY EVER READ THIS STORY, BUT I FELT OBLIGED TO FINISH. How do you spread publicity on these stories?! Should I make a Youtube video?! I posted it on Voice Acting Alliance! God, am I just bad at writing or something? OK, more like not many people read this manga or watch the anime, so…

Well, COMMENT! GOD DAMN IT! And yes, Rowen and Cisqua kissed a lot in the end, but they were happy to be together! So there! And as for Pika… Well… She died. I didn't like her too much anyway, but she was my character, so I dunno… Also, whenever I thought of her image, I thought of her having glasses! IT'S A VIRO LOOK-ALIKE! NOOOO'S! XD I DON'T LIKE VIRO EITHER! I don't know, I don't like the whole "meganeko" (glasses guy/girl) look. And their personality… Ugh. Lettuce from Tokyo Mew Mew was too damn PERFECT! And not pretty… I like bishojo (pretty girl)… I'M NOT LESBO! But it's weird… I love Tohru, from Fruits Basket, even though she's, like, the image of perfect. At least she doesn't wear glasses! Muahahaha! …haha… sigh XD