A/N: Hey everyone! Here's the last chapter of Discovery. I hope you all enjoy this and any other of my stories!

I want to dedicate this last chapter to Annoymas, who has loyally followed my story and reviewed more than any other reader on this story, and my other reviewers who have helped me improve and inspired me to continue writing this story.

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"That's how you came here then," said Mion.

Rika nodded. "I had just given up when we started that world, but by the end, I was more determined than ever."

"Well of course you were! We were there to motivate you!" said Satoko.

"What else do you need to show us? Isn't the rest our world?" asked Rena.

"Mostly yes, but one is from the past and the rest are things you didn't see," explained Hanyuu.

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They next saw Takano trying to throw a coin into a well, only for it to bounce back onto her. Hanyuu appears, with red pupils, on the other side of the well, glaring at her. Hanyuu tells her that a strong will strengthens fate and Takano agrees. Hanyuu says she understands that they couldn't beat fate because of Takano's strong will. She yells that she won't lose to and that someone taught her that belief can cause a miracle to beat fate. Takano laughs and tells her to bring it on. She won't lose to her future and will become the goddess of the shrine.

The flash brought them to the schoolyard. Rika and Hanyuu were sitting on a log pile near the building. Rika comments that Keiichi finally moved in. Hanyuu says that things would begin to change since Keiichi is their trump card. Rika says that Keiichi's miracles collapse at important times and it's all Hanyuu's fault so she needs to apologize. Rika becomes serious and says that they only collected the usual pieces and they need their last piece to beat Takano's will. Rika then says that she has lived a hundred years for this day.

"Rika," said Mion, "this all sounds just like that manga you asked us to help you write a while ago."

"Right!" said Keiichi. "You are one smart girl. You told us without really telling us and helped you beat Takano!"

Rika smiled. "Of course. Even without that, you all helped a lot."

"It's a good thing, we believed you after that though or we wouldn't have been able to help as much," said Rena smiling.

"Ugh, I miss so much when I'm not in the village!" groaned Shion.

Another quick scene of Shion looking at a bedridden Satoshi from behind glass while standing next to Dr. Irie. He says that Satoshi is still undergoing treatment so he can't be released. Then it flashed to them above ground in a corridor riddled with bullets from the fights with the Yamainu. Dr. Irie tells Shion that the Yamainu can't touch him.

The next scene is one during the final battle. Takano stands with one shoe and covered in scratches, tears and dirt. It's pouring rain and she stands looking up at Hanyuu who's on higher ground. Hanyuu's pupils are red again.

"Child of man, what did you seek from this world?" Hanyuu asked her.

"I just…" Takano explained as she began to cry. "I just wanted to be told…"it's okay to live. It's okay to be alive, as an individual." I just wanted someone to acknowledge me! And yet… why did it come to this…This is retribution for my sins, isn't it?" She raised the gun in her hand.

"I am not human. I am one who stands above man. An existence that forgives man's sins. Sins of man cannot be forgiven by man. I, however, can forgive man. I can forgive thee," explained Hanyuu.

"Impossible. It's too late," said Takano.

"Poor Takano-chan. She really isn't that bad when you think about it…" said Rena sadly.

"She gets treatment now!" said Satoko happily.

"Everyone," Hanyuu said, getting their attention, "we have only one more place to go. It's somewhere none of you know since Rika does this deed in the future."

"The…future?" said Rika shocked. "I didn't know you could go through time like that!"

Hanyuu just smiled and transported them to their final destination.

An older Rika stood above a fallen, younger version of Takano.

"W-wait a minute! That's not me! That's Frederica Bernkastel!" yelled Rika.

"No matter the name, she's still you Rika," Hanyuu said cheekily.

"Hanyuu!" Rika yelled angrily. "She may do this in the future, but it's not me! She's all the others!"

"The others?" asked Keiichi.

"Myself from every other world. She's all of them combined," said Rika, holding in her anger.

"Are there ones of us too?" asked Satoko.

Hanyuu shook her head. "No. Rika was aware in every world, so her conscious could combine, but none of you were aware, so your minds couldn't connect to any other like Rika's."

"Do you want to live?" asked Frederica, standing like Rika when she uses her older voice. "Do you want to die?"

Young Takano looks up at her in confusion before answering, "I want to live."

"I see. Then go on ahead. Even if you go, though, your friend won't be there. Go on," Rika said.

Takano looked disappointed. "She's not there? In that case I want to die."

"You'll get one more flag from the children's menu, you know," Rika said, amused at her statement.

"Huh? Oh no fair!" She said, now angry. "Mommy and Daddy are gonna go to the department store without telling me. No fair, no fair!"

"You sure that's what you want, right? You won't regret it, right?" Rika asked, all amusement gone from her voice.

"Why would I regret it?" Takano asked hesitantly.

"I'm not going to tell you. I'm mean," She said, jokingly.

First Takano looked upset, but brightened a second later. "Don't worry, one-chan. No matter what happens, Mommy and Daddy will be there with me!"

The flash surrounded the area in the darkness that was night. Frederica stood near Takano's house, smiled when she heard the commotion inside and walked away.

"Takano's parents died in every world and she went to live with a kind man after she unsuccessfully tried to run away from an abuse foster home. This man discovered the disease, and when he died, Takano took over his research. Frederica likes to mess with the worlds and change things around. I thought you should see this side of Takano as well," explained Hanyuu. "And now, it's time to wake up."

Before any of them could ask what she meant, everything went black.

"It wasn't a dream, but you were asleep." Rika, Rena, Shion, Mion, Satoko, and Keiichi heard before they all jumped in their chairs. They looked around and saw they were in school. The other kids looked at them.

"Is everything alright?" asked Chie-sensei, concerned.

They looked at each other before nervously laughing and Keiichi saying, "Sorry, sensei. Everything's fine."

They all gave each other smiles before glancing at the still-sleeping Hanyuu who, unbeknownst to everyone, was finally relaxed and at peace with her new life.

Kitty - Thank you all for reading this story! I'm sorry it took me so long to finish it up, but I did finish it like promised. I hope you all enjoyed this story and any future stories I write.