I'm sad to say that *sniff*... this is the last chapter of A Pure Heart. Which is the reason why I was delaying the upload of this chapter. I REALLY don't want to put COMPLETE on this story. But, on the bright side, there will be a sequal, so keep an eye out for that!

Anyways, I hope you enjoy the final chapter and let me know what you thought of this story.

And if you have any questions about the story, feel free to ask. I'll answer them either directly, or in the sequal itself. :)

A Pure Heart

Chapter 18: Is This the End?

"Kid's completion of his Sanzu lines is the cause of his father's death."

"What?"

"Kid?"

"You lied to me! How could you lie to me about that?" Kid shouted in a rage before storming out of the room and shutting the door with a slam.

"Kid!" Kagome cried, sprinting out of the room after him, leaving the other four with their own troubles.

Kagome ran into the empty hallway, looking to her left and right. Death the Kid was nowhere to be found. Knowing him, he was probably long gone. The girl stood there silently with her bangs covering her eyes. She could feel even more tears begin to well up.

No.

She couldn't cry anymore. She had to fix this. Find Kid and explain everything to him. The reason she didn't want to tell him right away. How his father was happy to finally leave this world. But the problem was, she didn't even know where to start looking for him. He could be anywhere by now, especially if he had decided to use Beelzebub.

Your souls are connected.

Kagome jumped at the sound of the voice in her head. But she knew what she had to do.

Kagome closed her eyes as the voice of Lord Death repeated it again. She focused in on her own soul, ignoring the presence of anyone else's. And then she felt it; A connection from her soul leading to another's.

A reaper's soul.

Kid's.

Kagome opened her eyes and ran down through the hallways and up countless amounts of stairs to the location of the other soul.

He hadn't left the school yet, in fact, he hadn't gone far at all, which shocked the girl greatly. She was sure that he would want to get as far away from this building as possible. That's what anyone else would do.

Though Kid wasn't like anybody else.

Pulling herself from her mild thoughts, Kagome reached the grand hall, where they had held the anniversary party earlier in the year. Death the Kid was standing just outside on the balcony, leaning against the rail and gazing into the setting sun.

"Kid?" She asked, silently approaching him.

A silence fell between the two. But what could she say that wouldn't hurt him even further. She knew she had to explain everything to him… but how?

"Why?" was all he could say for the time being. Kid didn't move as he spoke. He remained still as he continued to stare off into the distance.

"I'm sorry. I should have told you right away, but…"

"No. I understand why you hid the truth," He said almost calmly. "But what I don't understand is why father never told me that this was going to happen if I… if I…" Kid clenched his fists and began to shake, tears beginning to fall once more.

"Kid… listen," Kagome began, placing a hand on his and squeezing it gently. "If he had told you, do you think you still would have gone?"

"O-of course I would have! It was my mission!" Kid snapped, though he sighed as he received a look of disbelief from the girl beside him. "No… I guess I wouldn't have."

He fell silent once more, allowing Kagome to continue her attempts of comfort.

"He's proud of you, you know," She commented. "He didn't expect you to become a true reaper so fast. He looked really happy when he was watching you through the mirror. Almost… as if he were at peace."

Kid's eyes widened at her words. His father had really been proud of him. Even with his constant OCD tendencies and his desperate strive for perfection… he was proud. A small smirk followed soon after as he brought himself back to reality.

"Thank you, Kagome. I really needed to hear that," He said, changing back to his usual tone. "And… I'm sorry for yelling at you earlier. A lot has happened over the last few days and I guess that was just…"

"I understand. I deserved it and more, now that I think about it." She paused for a moment before speaking again, allowing a small laugh to escape her lips. "Heh… and you thought our fight in the alleyway would be our last one."

"Yeah… and hell were we wrong…" Kid responded, stepping behind Kagome and wrapping his arms around her waist, nuzzling into her hair.

"Are you going to be alright? Or did you want to head home or something?" Kagome questioned him.

He shook his head. "No. Let's stay here for a little bit longer. The girls are at home and I'm not quite sure if I'm ready to face them yet."

So they stood there in each other's arms for perhaps hours. But they didn't care, as long as they were happy… and together.

Daily life around Death City slowly went back to normal as the days passed- well, as normal as it could get. Black Star's usual annoying antics definitely aided in the process. After the battle, he quickly returned to his normal, obnoxious self, though Tsubaki swore he had grown up a lot since he first started at the academy. She was right… in a way.

Maka had quickly managed to overcome the grief of her father's death-not that he was ever around for it to affect her too greatly, but it was still enough to set her off at his funeral. The mention of Crona, however, still brought sadness to her eyes, though she was managing with the help of Soul. The two had become exceptionally closer since this ordeal ended.

There had been a major staffing change at the DWMA as well. With Lord Death gone, Kid was next in line to take on the duties as the Grim Reaper, as well as the head of the academy. However, since he had yet to graduate himself, Professor Stein had been appointed headmaster until Kid finished school. Stein's teaching position was filled by Miss Marie, much to most of the student's relief.

All in all, everything was finally peaceful again. Kagome and Kid's relationship grew even further; their past hardships only giving them even more of a reason to stay together.

As for Inuyasha…

"Hey, Liz!" He called out after her as she walked down the hallway alone.

"Inuyasha, hey!" She called back.

"Err… how's it going?"

"Good, I guess, considering everything."

"Listen, I was wondering… if, err- maybe you wanted to go out sometime?" Inuyasha stuttered. "I mean… I know that we live together so it would be kind of odd, but it seemed to work for Kid and Kag-"

"Inuyasha, calm down!" Liz joked. "Of course I will."

…well, that's another story.

Everyone, and everything, was at peace.

That is, until…

The End

So that's it. I really hope you enjoyed this story as much as I did. And I hope you can look forward to the sequal called A New Threat. I'm not going to give away the summary quite yet, but it will be on my profile soon.

Quick note: I added the bit at the end with Inuyasha, because I felt that I hadn't developed his character quite enough. I honestly see him paired up with Liz. And though it wont be too focused on their relationship, there will be bits shown in the next one. Everyone deserves someone so I thought: What the Hell?

I would like to give a HUGE thanks to all of you who took the time to read this story and another thanks to those of you who put themselves out of their way to review. I never judge a story by how many reviews I have, but rather how many people are reading, but actually hearing what you think is really nice too.

Anyways, see you next time for A New Threat, or Through the Gate, if you follow my Tsubasa x Inuyasha crossover. For Love or Peace is on hold for awhile. It is going to be a collab with 91silver and we have some other things to straighten out before we continue

See ya!