So, my dears, this is the end of Chikaru and Shizuma's story. I was going to make it into a sad ending but some of you left me a LOT Of messages regarding the story to remain happy or I was not going to receive any more love or something along those lines (-_-;)...anyways, I want to thank you all for reading and being so kind to me with your reviews and messages. I really appreciate all the time you guys take out of your lives to read my little silly stories.

Miyuki's ocean blue eyes were sparkling, not with happiness, but with absolute dread. Her eyes tried to read the crying face of her eldest daughter as they sat in the Hanazono's backyard. Shizuma, Yaya, Chikaru, and the kids minus Yuki, were all sitting around a desperately crying Ayame. Yaya came behind Ayame and hugged her daughter as she looked desperately into Miyuki's fuming face.

"There must be something we can do; Ayame did it for the sake of her grandmother and Yuki." Yaya said as her hold on her eldest daughter tightened.

Shizuma had a hand covering her mouth the whole time Ayame was spilling the news about the signed contract to the family. Chikaru noticed her wife's dense demeanor and placed a hand on her arm to make the silver-haired goddess face her.

"Is there anything we can do, my love?" Chikaru asked softly.

Shizuma, who still had her hand covering her mouth, shook her head slowly as she averted her eyes to the ground.

"Once a contract is signed, there is nothing that we can do." Shizuma barely forced the words out of her mouth.

Miyuki looked like she was going to kill herself.

"Ayame, there was no reason for you to do this; if anything bad had happened, then we surely would have brought it to the attention of the authorities!" Miyuki was near her breaking point and Yaya gave her a sharp look to quiet her down.

"Mother, I felt like there was nothing else that I could do. I-" Ayame's words were cut off from her by an angry Shizuna.

"You are going to send my sister to the grave, Ayame Rokujou." Shizuna said with a cold anger tainting her voice.

Ayame gave Shizuna a horrified look before burying her head into her hands. Miyuki sighed and shook her head and gave Shizuma a desperate look for help. Shizuma shook her head at her best friend and looked back down to the ground. Chikaru, however, knelt beside Ayame and held the young girl within her arms to comfort her.

"It is not your fault at all, my dear Ayame. I know you love Yuki with all your heart and so you did this out of love. We will find a way around this; I promise you." Chikaru whispered to the sobbing Ayame.

"Where is Yuki?" Sakura asked as she groped for Shizuna's hands to hold.

Miyuki took in a sharp breath of air as the reality of what Yuki could possibly do to herself hit her in the face.

"We have to find her lest she does something to herself." Miyuki said as she grabbed her car keys from the patio table.

Shizuma and Miyuki decided to go out together to find Yuki while everyone else stayed behind. Shizuna and Sakura went off to Sakura's room to leave Yaya, Chikaru, and Ayame at the Hanazono's house. Chikaru ushered everyone inside the house and had Yaya and Ayame sit in the broad living room while she prepared some tea to relax and calm frayed nerves. When she returned, Ayame was laying on her mother's lap, with her hands still covering her sobbing face. Chikaru's heart went out to Ayame but she knew she also had to be realistic as well. She came over with the tea set, placed it on the coffee table before them, and urged everyone to take a sip. Ayame refused but with Chikaru's stern urging, she sat up and took the tea cup in her hands and gingerly tasted the contents. Her heart felt like it was going to explode on itself and she found her eyes falling into her lap as fresh tears poured from her icy blue orbs.

"I know you love Yuki, Ayame, but you made your decision and it is time for you to stop crying, my dear." Chikaru said as she sipped her tea.

This sent Ayame into another violent fit of weeping and Yaya gaped at her friend's cruel words.

"Chikaru, how can you say such things?" Yaya asked as she held onto her daughter's quivering body.

"Shizuma and Miyuki have already made it clear that once the contract was signed...that was it...we cannot undo that. Right now, you must think about who is really the one to hurt over all of this. I understand you did this out of love but I am now concerned with the well-being of my eldest daughter. She loves you very much and I am just afraid this might send her over the edge." Chikaru said softly as she placed a hand over Ayame's.

Ayame sat up and her icy blue eyes threw Chikaru a shocked look.

"But...no...she wouldn't kill herself over this...no...she knows I did this for her..."Ayame's voice trailed off as the full reality of the consequences set in.

Ayame turned her face to her mother's and there was nothing but pleading anxiousness within those blue eyes. Yaya sighed and tried to force a smile onto her lips but it gave no comfort to Ayame.

"Chikaru does speak the truth, my child. But, we will find a way around this; we always find a way around things." Yaya said through a filmy lie that Ayame immediately felt her heart implode from.

Chikaru took a careful sip of her tea and then placed the tea cup onto the coffee table before her. She placed her hands carefully in her lap and looked at Ayame.

"How about you stay here tonight, Ayame dear. You and Yuki can talk things out and comfort each other through this ordeal while Shizuma and Miyuki try and resolve the situation." Chikaru said gently.

Ayame furiously nodded her head and thanked Mrs. Hanazono for her invitation. After some time, Yaya decided she should head home to make sure Sakura and Shizuna were not having too much fun by themselves and excused herself for the night. Chikaru urged Ayame to go wait for Yuki in her bed and at least rest up a little bit before the silver-haired princess returned with Shizuma and Miyuki. Ayame gladly accepted and made her way to Yuki's room, where she immediately curled herself into a comfortable position amongst the ruby-red sheets and fell into a slumber within minutes.

Ayame awoke to strong arms encircling her waist and she quickly turned around to find Yuki burying her head into Ayame's chest. With sheer excitement, Ayame squealed and wrapped her arms around Yuki's neck and attempted to kiss her but Yuki gently stopped her.

"What's wrong, my love?" Ayame asked as she desperately searched Yuki's face for an answer to her withdrawal.

Yuki looked extremely tired and worn out and her usual liquid gold eyes were almost a dull bronze. She sighed heavily and rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand but Ayame gently pulled her hand away to get a better look at her face.

"It has been a very hard day for me, dear." Yuki said without much strength behind her words.

"I know and it's my fault; please forgive me." Ayame anxiously begged as she kissed Yuki's hand and made her way to her wrist.

Yuki diverted her eyes away from Ayame and pulled her hand away from Ayame's soft lips.

"I'm not sure what to do with you, Ayame. You've hurt me more than I thought anyone could." Yuki's voice sounded strained like as if every word she had to say caused her an excruciating amount of pain.

Ayame felt her heart sink into the acidic pits of her stomach from Yuki's cold words and body language. She felt a new wave of violent weeping surge up from within her and take over her. Without warning, she began to cry and covered her face with her hands. She cried for some time before Yuki found the strength to wrap her arms around the one she loved and comfort her to the best of her abilities.

"I love you so much..." Ayame whispered between sobs.

Yuki felt her eyes begin to burn with fresh tears as she rested her chin on Ayame's head.

"I love you too, my dearest one." Yuki said softly.

The next morning came and Ayame was the first to wake up to the smell of miso soup, wafting through the room. She gazed down at the sleeping Yuki within her arms, kissed her delicately on the lips, and went downstairs to help prepare breakfast. Ayame found Chikaru, wearing a red apron over her red pajamas, cooking a large sum of food. Unbeknownst to Shizuma, who was trying to cough a feel on Chikaru, Ayame came into the kitchen and nearly blushed herself to death at the sight of the silver-haired goddess trying to grab the chest of her squirming dark-haired wife.

How can they be so happy when I could have killed their daughter with grief? Ayame silently questioned herself.

Ayame cleared her throat as loudly as she could and Shizuma nearly jumped 10 feet into the air. She smiled at Ayame like a child would when her hand is caught in the cookie jar, and she came to Ayame and gave her a warm hug.

"Did you sleep well?" Shizuma grinned mischievously.

"Yes I did; and did you both sleep well too, Mrs. Hanazono?" Ayame inquired politely.

"Yes we did, child; are you ready to eat?" Chikaru asked, with her back turned to Shizuma and Ayame.

"Well, I actually came down to help prepare breakfast." Ayame said softly.

Shizuma smiled warmly.

"Aw, our future daughter-in-law is so helpful." Teased Shizuma.

F-f-future-daughter-in-law? But I signed myself to the devil? What is she talking about? Ayame was clearly puzzled and the Hanazonos could see it to their amusement.

Chikaru giggled to herself as she fixed up four plates of breakfast. She made everyone sit at the kitchen counter to eat and as she was about to go and wake up Yuki, but the silver-haired princess came sauntering down the stairs, rubbing her shiny golden eyes.

"Ah perfect timing, come and sit down with us, Yuki. We have some important things to discuss." Shizuma beamed proudly at a confused Yuki and Ayame.

Yuki took her place beside Ayame and Shizuma and Chikaru took their place across from the younger couple.

"What has both of you so cheery this morning? Am I getting another sister?" Yuki groaned as she took a spoon and began eating her miso soup.

Chikaru and Shizuma stifled girly laughs as they looked at each other. Ayame brushed aside stray strands of hair from Yuki's face and fed her some sweet eggs from her plate.

"I believe you and Ayame owe Shizuma and Miyuki a lifetime worth of debt." Chikaru said proudly as she began to eat her miso soup.

Yuki and Ayame gave the Hanazono couple another weird look.

"What is going on?" Yuki asked suspiciously as she set her spoon down.

Ayame felt her heart jump to her throat and she reached for Yuki's hand under the table, which Yuki gladly accepted.

"Me and Miyuki went to Tomori Shion's house last night to have a talk with her after we dropped off Yuki." Shizuma began the story but Chikaru stopped her by lovingly feeding her some sweet eggs from her plate. This incited a blush and a giggle from the silver-haired goddess and the raven-haired goddess smiled back lovingly.

This whole scenario made Yuki and Ayame squirm where they sat.

"Okay, leave your bedroom antics in the bedroom please; what did you and Mrs. Tomori talk about?" Yuki asked, a little annoyed.

Shizuma smiled at Chikaru, who dabbed at her olive-green eyed wife's cheek with a napkin.

"We simply went to talk to her about the contract that Ayame had signed last night about her being wed to Ayumi and most of Shion's assets coming to us." Shizuma, again, lost her focus on the subject and was too busy dawdling over her flirtatious wife.

"Okay, why are you two so damn loving to each other right now? Can you please get on with the story, it's Ayame's life on the line here!" Yuki nearly roared out her impatient words at her mothers.

Chikaru and Shizuma blinked and gave their daughter an innocent look.

"My, my, you gave birth to quite the lioness." Shizuma smiled at Chikaru, who in turn, began to blush.

"In a way, you were the one who impregnated me with her so your fault." Chikaru teased back.

"I'll do more to you later just like that one time when we were on vacation and-" Shizuma's storytelling was cut off by Yuki.

"Oh HOLY HELL enough with that, mom! GOD! I swear, I'll vomit all over the place." Yuki actually looked quite paler than usual and Ayame stroked her love's thick, voluminous locks.

"Okay okay, sorry, but anyways, when we went to go see her, Shion was not exactly happy to hear about what we had to tell her. In fact, she was more or less surprised that such a contract even existed albeit she never remembered putting her seal of approval on one." Shizuma winked at Ayame and Ayame stifled a gasp of sudden relief.

"Wait, so you mean..." Ayame's words caught in her throat at the marvelous realization.

"Yes, Ayumi had actually conjured up the contract and used her mother's signature stamp to make it authentic. The only way for the contract to become null and void is for the manufacturer of the contract to declare it so. So, Shion declared the contract null and void because really, who in their right mind would give up the majority of their assets for a marriage?" Chikaru giggled.

Ayame jumped up from her seat and tackled Yuki to the ground in sheer happiness. She felt her body swell up and explode with bliss that she hadn't felt since the night she and Yuki had their first date. Without thinking, Ayame pressed her lips against Yuki's and kissed her as deeply as she could while Shizuma and Chikaru watched in awe on the sidelines.

"Baby, I love you so much, please forgive me for what I had done." Ayame begged between fervent and pulse-pounding kisses.

"I love you too, Ayame; I feel so much better knowing you're fully mine again." Yuki said nearly on the edge of tears.

"I was always yours; I never belonged to anyone else." Ayame said as she gave her girlfriend one last, deep kiss before getting up from the ground.

Yuki got up from where she was tackled and proceeded to hug Ayame until she realized that her parents had seen the whole ordeal and the two young girls began to blush heat hotter than the sun.

"May we be excused?" Yuki asked as she kept her liquid golden eyes at Ayame.

"Of course you may; just make sure to bring your sheets down when you're done so I may clean them." Chikaru teased lovingly.

This only incited the girls to blush even more as they ran, hand-in-hand, back up the stairs.