Me: Hi everyone! This is officially my last chapter of this story! I can't put my feelings to words. I thanked each and every one of you for supporting since I started right my first story. I can't thank all you reviewers enough! I really appreciate all the reviews and supportive comments you guys put. It's an amazing feeling to know that people are actually reading this story and liking it =)

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Me: And finally, I would like to thank all the Bakugan characters!

Dan: Yes finally! Some appreciation!

Runo: DAN! Don't be rude!

Shun: I've got to agree with Dan on that one.

Alice: Shun, at least she's doing it * wraps her arm around his

Shun: Fine. *blushes

Dan: Shun's cheeks are red!

Runo: Yours will be too after I'm done with you!

Dan: AHHH! *runs I DON"T WANT A BRUISE!

Runo: *chases Dan

Me: Alrighty then let's just start the chapter… Get ready readers! Here's what happened last time:

Some Cupids, including Alice were sent to get volcanic rocks from a volcano.

Accidentally, Alice caused it to blow up.

Masquerade saved her but fell in the volcano by accident.

Alice is now to be executed for a Devid's death.

It is also revealed that Masquerade was Shun's best friend.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN BAKUGAN!

Alice's P.O.V.

I wasn't sleeping well since I woke up because of someone opening the door. I opened my eyes and blinked a few times before I sat up. It was cold in the dungeon and my whole body ached. I watched as Ren came into my cell.

"Eat well, this is your last meal," he placed a dish with a spoonful of rice in front of me. I was hungry but I didn't know what was in it so I just stared at it, "Alice dear, it's not poisonous." I still refused to eat it and ignored him. I looked around the cell and realized it was made out rocks from the volcano. I felt horrible all over again as I remembered what happened to Masquerade. I felt a finger under my chin. Ren roughly tilted my head to face him.

"Eat!" he commanded. He stared at me and I stared back. I wanted to turn away but I didn't. I felt the anger and hatred he had towards me. Ren picked up the dish and threw it against the wall, "Suit yourself." I watched as he left and locked the door. I sat in a corner of the cell and stared at the blood covered ground… it was my blood. I was going to die today. The realization hit me hard. I haven't been thinking straight since yesterday and now everything seemed so clear. I sighed and sat there for hours, every so often I shifted my position. Then I heard loud cheering and yelling.

"She Must Die!" they repeated over and over again. I took a deep sigh as they encouraged my death. Minutes later I saw someone unlock the door. At first I saw two Devids, but then more came. There were about eight in my cell.

"Grab her," Ren said as he walked in after them. The last thing I saw was Ren's smirk of satisfaction. They blindfolded me and roughly pulled me up. They held on to my arms incase I ran. I wanted to run but there was no where to go. They pushed me forward and I started pulling back. I didn't want to die, at least not until I say good bye to Shun and tell him that I love him. I felt them whip me. It didn't matter to me anymore; I was going to die anyways.

"Move it!" One of them yelled and pulled me hard. I almost tripped over my chains. I realized that there was no where to go. We climbed up stairs and went through hallways. I still remembered how they looked even though it was definitely something I wanted to forget. I heard the screaming grow louder as we neared the door. Then I felt the ground under my feet that meant I was outside. Devids were screaming and throwing things at me. Most of them were rocks. I winced at the pain but continued walking. After about an hour of walking, I felt myself go up a ramp. It was small since I was instantly whipped the leg and fell on my knees.

"Good afternoon my fellow friends," I heard Ren say with authority, "We are gathered here today to mourn for the death of another Devid caused by a Cupid." I heard people screaming again.

"Off with her head!"

"She's a Monster!"

"Just Kill Her Already!" Did they really think that of me? Cupids were humans too… we were no different then them. Tears fell down my face silently as I listened to them talk.

"Our dear friend Masquerade has been loyal to us for many years. He has been protecting us and leading us to great success. We all thank him for that." I heard footsteps and then heard people put down a box, "This is Masquerade's corpse and we have brought him today to witness the death of this CREATURE!" he yelled. I heard cheers go around again. There must have been thousands of them. Then I heard a loud bell ring. It would have been nice music if it didn't mean that I was going to be executed.

"Get ready boys," Ren commanded. I felt a rope go around my neck. The Devid tightened it. I didn't resist as he tightened it even more. I deserved this; after all it was my fault that Masquerade died. There was more cheering as I felt my feet leave the ground. I started to choke. My whole body started shaking as more tears fell freely. I remembered the times when Shun and I were together. The day we first met in Biology class. The day he asked me to the prom. I felt myself losing air. I remembered when I broke up with him. I regretted it. I tried gasping for more air but couldn't. My ears were plugged and my head was dizzy. Then I suddenly felt myself falling but I landed in someone's soft arms.

"Alice…" I knew the voice but before I could identify it, I fainted.

Shun's P.O.V.

I sat in my cell quietly. I hadn't had any sleep the whole night. I was mourning for my best friend's death. My whole body was still aching and I was too worried about Alice. What if I didn't make it on time? What if they didn't hold the execution on this side of the village? I felt myself smile as I heard loud cheering but then snapped out of it since it would mean Alice was going to be executed soon. I slowly took the pouch out of my back pocket and opened it. I could felt the warmth of the magic inside. It slowly surrounded my body and all my pains were gone. The chains broke and my body healed. There were no wounds left.

"Thanks Masquerade…" I whispered quietly.

"What's going on?" I heard a Devid say. I hid next to the door. As he came in I smacked him on the head and he fainted. I picked up his weapon. It was a sword… perfect. I ran through the dungeon and tried to stay away from as many Devids as I could. Those I saw, I killed. It was deadly and blood was everywhere but I had the element of surprise on my side and that was all I really needed. I snuck out of the place and ran through the village. I hid in a forest that was close to the platform where most executions were held. I stared with horror as I saw the thousands of people cheering. I gasped as I saw Alice's feet off the ground. She was shaking all over. I had to make my move. Without thinking twice, I ran around everyone and jumped. In one quick motion, I sliced the rope and Alice fell right into my arms.

"Alice…" I said quietly. She was badly hurt. She had deep scrapes and whip marks. The whole crowd went quiet. I smiled as I saw Alice's beautiful face when I took off her blindfold.

"Get him!" I heard someone yell. I was so mesmerized by her beauty that I completely forgot the situation I was in. Someone grabbed me and placed a knife to my throat. Another Devid took Alice away from me.

"Alice! No! Don't hurt her!" I shouted. I thought hit me, what if she died already? I stopped fighting the Devid who was trying to keep me back.

"Well, well, look who decided to drop by," Ren said as he came up to me.

"Just let go of her, I'll do anything you say…" I whispered.

"Anything?" he smirked.

"Anything…"

"Let go of him," Ren commanded and they let go of me though they were still surrounding us. I punched the Devid that had Alice and took her away from him. The other Devids wanted to attack but Ren stopped them. I brushed the hair away from Alice's face to admire her more.

"Untie her," I stated and they did. I rubbed her hands and arms to get her blood flowing again. She looked so pale and her skin was cold.

"Now… about our deal," Ren started, "I'll let her go if you allow me to do these few things. You will be band from the World of Devids. Your powers will be taken away. You will be a disgrace to your family since they will suffer as years come by because of you and finally in order to do all of this, you will have to die." I wasn't shocked at all. My family members were all dead and if I was to be band and lose my powers, I would have no connection to the World of Devids. If I didn't die, I could never fully leave this world and be a normal person though that wasn't so easy since death is painful when Ren does it.

"Fine." I said bluntly. I felt Alice float from my arms as she slowly disappeared in front of my eyes. I took a deep breath and tried to relax.

"Alright let us start," he said and all the Devids surrounded me once more. They attacked me with there full magic. I winced at the pain but stayed calm as I realized it would be alright in the end. The magic burned my skin and I felt myself going weak. I screamed as I felt my powers draining. I heard Ren laughing and so were some of the villagers. I tried to embrace the pain but it was too much to handle. When they were finally done, I fell to the ground.

"Had enough yet?" I heard Ren say. He was enjoying every moment and continued laughing as I felt myself being whipped. My blood was pouring on to the platform. I screamed as I was whipped over and over again. Then I felt someone pour cold water on to me. The wounds started stinging like crazy.

"And finally, the last part of the deal," he smirked as I looked up to face him, "Remember Shun, you asked for it" I didn't say anything back. He thought that being a Devid was the best thing in the world and I used to think that too but I found something… someone that was worth way more. I heard footsteps as I saw a Devid with an axe stop in front of me. The whole crowd gasped. I knew what was coming. He stood behind me, lifted my head and gave me a wicked smile. I took one last look at Ren and his evil smirk.

"AHH!" I hollered as he slit my throat and my whole world stopped and went blank.

Runo's P.O.V.

Julie and I helped Alice changed into her dress for the prom. She was still asleep but we thought that the day meant a lot to her. We laid her on the bed again. There was a flower in her hair, and the black dress flowed nicely on the bed. We placed a blanket on top on her to keep her warm. I stared at her. It was almost like she was smiling at us. Tears threatened to fall down my face.

"Runo…" Dan came next to me and I hugged him tightly.

"Runo…" Julie started.

"I know… you're going to tell me not to worry and she's going…" Billy cut me off.

"She's waking up!" he said happily. We all surrounded the bed as we saw Alice's eyes slowly open. Her face wasn't pale anymore. She sat up slowly and gave us one of her smiles. I quickly hugged her and felt her warm body.

"We were so worried!" I told her.

Where's Shun? She asked us. We had no answer.

Alice's P.O.V.

I was so happy to see my friends again. Maybe everything that had happened was just a dream… nothing more… actually; it was more of a nightmare.

"Alice… we don't…know…" Runo said sadly. I gasped as I rethought about it being all a dream. I quickly jumped out of the bed.

"Where are you going Alice?" Dan asked as he grabbed my arm.

I have to go find Shun, I told them.

"He's not here. He left us," Dan explained patiently. I shook my head. What did Shun do? It was Shun's voice I heard before I fainted. Where was he? I was worried. I pulled away from Dan and opened the door and gasped at the sight. Shun stood there in a tuxedo with a dozen roses in his hand.

"You look beautiful…" he grinned and handed me the roses.

"Shun?" they all said at once. I giggled at their reaction. Whatever happened, I didn't think I want to know about.

"Let's leave these two lovebirds alone," Julie suggested after a deep sigh. Julie and Runo gave me a hug before they left while Billy and Dan gave Shun a pat on the back. We both sat on the bed. I placed my hand on his cheek and he placed his hand over mine. He placed his forehead on mine and we nudged each others' foreheads.

What happened? I asked trying to not ruin the moment.

"Nothing…" he lied. I could see it in his eyes.

Tell me, I told him.

"Nothing, I helped you get out of there… a-and w-well, I f-fought our w-way back?" he stated it like a question.

You're not going to tell me are you? I pouted playfully and poked him in the stomach, he winced but not because he's ticklish. It was more like pain, Take off your tux

"Why?" he asked innocently. I started unbuttoning the buttons; he placed his hand over mine. I looked into his eyes and somehow convinced him to let me do it. He didn't refuse. I almost cried as I saw all the wounds he had. There were bandages but blood was seeping through them.

Let me help you with it, I said. I didn't yell at him and he seemed relieved. He gave me a slight nod as I went to get bandages and came back. He winced as I took off the old ones and I placed the new ones, Tell me what happened, I urged.

"Alice…" I gave him a look and he sighed, "I love you, a lot and because I do, I would die for you and that's kind of what happened. I died in the World of Devids, I gave my powers in so I could come back as a normal person," he explained. I felt tears fill my eyes again.

Shun… that's so stupid of you! They could have…

"Killed me? They did," he said bluntly as if that was nothing at all. Then I watched as took out something out of his pocket…. It was the necklace, the same heart-shaped one.

Shun's P.O.V.

I smiled at myself as I saw Alice's smile appear when I took out the necklace.

You kept it? she asked shocked. I nodded.

"Be mine?" I took her hands in mine.

Always, she whispered. I placed the necklace around her neck. It looked stunning on her. She wrapped her arms around my neck and hugged me. I wrapped my arms around her waist. Then I felt a soft pair of lips on mine. I ran my fingers through hair and took in her wonderful smell.

"Aww" I heard a bunch of people say. We finally broke apart to watch the four people walk into the room looking ashamed.

"Uhh…well here's a funny story…" Dan started.

"I don't think they want to hear it, let's just go," Runo smiled and held Dan's hand while Billy and Julie did the same.

"We'll meet you two in the car," Julie squealed happily. We both gave them a nod. We watched as they left. I turned back to Alice and smiled. She blushed as I leaned in and gave her another kiss. Everything was fine now. Our Cupid and Devid problem was solved and we had no more secrets to hide from each other. It was absolutely perfect.

Me: I'm finished! I tried to give a good reason without having Shun to die and it also proved that Ren could have a heart. After all, it was Valentine's Day =)

Runo: I need to hit Dan more often…

Dan: Hey!

Shun: I agree.

Dan: Whose side are you on? You support me and now Runo?

Shun: I support whatever Alice thinks

Alice: That's true…

Dan: You want me to get hit? Alice!

Alice: Sorry Dan… but it adds a nice spice to the story…

Runo: Haha, I win *chases Dan with the axe

Me: Wait… where did you get that? Don't hurt him Runo! *runs after Runo

Alice: Well… thanks so much for all your support fellow readers!

Shun: We'll all be seeing you next time during our new story! By the way, the answer to the Riddle: Chess

Both: Please review and comment! See you all soon! =)