It's here. The end. Erk. I'm so excited, yet sad, because it was so much fun, and now it's over. Well, on to more stories!

"Haruhi!" Tamaki began to run towards her frantically, but Sebastian grasped his arm firmly, not enough to cause pain, but enough for Tamaki to become thoroughly confused.

"Master, I'm afraid that Eclair Tonnerre will kill you if you so much as land within ten feet of Ms. Fujioka," Sebastian said, trying to reason with his master.

"Ah, you and your silly games, protecting your master as if he were the ambrosia of souls. But I do recall your last meal being taken out from right under your nose as well, correct? Poor little Earl Phantomhive. Turned into a demon, after so many wanted him. And contrary to what you may think, this Suoh boy is nothing but trash. A heart of gold, and incomparable kindness, but what is he, really? Nothing. No substance. Even as a host, his style was flat and rudimentary. You could never hear his true feelings in his words. A most undesirable, boring soul. Nothing of any distinct flavor. Just simple hurt, covered in a sugary-sweet coating of kindness." Eclair's every word sent shocks through Tamaki's heart. Was that really all Tamaki Suoh was? A simple-minded boy with a flat personality?

"No. That's not me, Eclair. You don't know the first thing about me, or anyone else here! Now, please don't make me ask again. Give me back my Haruhi!" Tamaki yelled. Sebastian's grip loosened on Tamaki for a split second as he tried to make sense of what his master had just said. But that split second was enough for Tamaki to wrest himself from the iron grip and make a break for his Haruhi. Nothing could stop him now.

"Master!" Sebastian cried, realizing that his master's efforts were to be futile. Eclair was too fast for him, and too strong. But upon running into her, Tamaki did something completely unexpected.

"You are not the same girl I thought you were, Eclair. This is why Mori-senpai told me I wouldn't like what I found. He knew that I could never stand to see my own grandmother be this hateful. Or that you could be so heartless. So I have no qualms when it comes to this," Tamaki said quietly. He took a deep breath, and curved his hand into a fist. Grimacing, he mustered all of his courage and punched Eclair in the nose, watching her mouth form a perfect 'O' before she cried out in outrage.

"You really are an idiot! Who goes against a demon, just for the sake of love?!" Eclair screamed furiously. But she let him run to his Haruhi, and she watched the lovers embrace, giving them a brief moment of reconciliation before she tore them apart.

Running towards the pair with inhuman speed, Eclair grabbed Haruhi and held her by the throat. "Fulfill your grandmother's wish, or the girl dies," Eclair said triumphantly. Haruhi whimpered, her eyes crying out for help.

"I don't have to acquiesce to any of your demands, Eclair. Sebastian, I command you: Save my Haruhi!" Tamaki was confident in his decision.

"Yes, my lord," Sebastian said, before running towards the demoness. "Tonnerre, you really are a pain to deal with. My contract is important too, you know."

"And I'm forcing you to break it!" Eclair laughed, and tightened her hold on Haruhi's neck.

"No. My master's wish was never to bring the girl back. It was to avenge her death, or in this case, assault and kidnapping. Which means that I must take you down, regardless of the girl. However, at my master's request I will save Ms. Fujioka from you." Sebastian's voice was eerily calm as he fought Eclair.

Sebastian finally found his opening, and snatched Haruhi from Eclair's grasp, setting her on the ground. "If you would be so kind as to run away now, Ms. Fujioka," Sebastian requested, and Haruhi wasted no time in scrambling away to meet her lover.

Without the life of a human at stake, the real fight began. Demon on demon, they looked at each other carefully, each predicting the other's moves. Sebastian lashed out at Eclair, twisting her arm around painfully. Using her free elbow, Eclair jabbed Sebastian in the face, twisting out of his grasp and gasping from the pain in her arm. Sebastian dodged her next blow, and kicked her in the chin at the same time. They were ruthless on each other, and the fight soon turned into a bloody, gory dance of death.

"It would appear that this is the second time that I am performing the 'dance macabre'," Sebastian murmured, amused at the notion.

"Well, then let me have a chance to lead you in this diabolical waltz...to your death, Sebastian Michaelis!" Eclair replied. Sebastian moved from side to side rapidly as he dodged her hits, and realized that he was standing just at the edge of a river-the same river that marked the barrier between the forest and the church.

"Do you mean to dump me into holy water? Why don't you take a dip?" Sebastian asked, forcing them to turn around. They were grappling, fighting to stay above the water, each trying to push the other in and defend themselves at the same time.

"Never. I am always superior, Michaelis. I was never the one bound to another demon. I was never the one chasing after a hopeless goal. I was never the one with unreasonable desires. That was you, Sebastian. Always-" Eclair was cut off as she screamed with pain, landing in the river. It ate away at her body, and she cried out in agony as she fought through the power of the water. But it was no use. The demon was no match for it, and her pupils dilated as she struggled to maintain her life, even for a moment longer, before dying.

"I wish you the best of afterlifes, Eclair Tonnerre," Sebastian said, turning away from the destruction in the forest, back to his master.

"Haruhi! Stay with me, Haruhi! We're together, now, okay? Nothing can happen to you anymore. Shh, it's okay," Tamaki said. Haruhi lay in his arms, with shallow breathing and a dying heartbeat.

"Tamaki, I saw such terrible, terrible things. Things that should never exist. But there was always the thought of you that carried me through it all. That someday, my prince would come. I love you, Tamaki. Don't forget that. I'll see you again, someday. And we will be together, finally. Forever." Haruhi's eyes fluttered shut, and she grew limp in his arms.

"Haruhi!" Tamaki's scream of pain filled the air while tears streamed down his face. "No! I refuse to believe it! I need you, Haruhi! I am nothing without you!" he yelled hysterically.

"Master, about Miss Fujioka. Her body could not take the physical and mental stress combined. I would find solace in the fact that she died in your arms, and not wherever she was being held before this," Sebastian said calmly.

"And on another note, I do believe that our contract has been fulfilled. Please, sir, it is time. It is time for me to claim you."

Tamaki looked to his butler.

"It's time," he said simply.

"I will try to end this gently, now," Sebastian said.

"Thank you," Tamaki replied. Sebastian's eyes began to glow, and he approached his master slowly. As he pressed his lips to Tamaki's, the end of Tamaki Suoh began. Now he would never have to deal with the stress of living, or of love. He and Haruhi would be at peace, forever.