Finally its at the end! :)

Garu: THANK GOD! Finally!

Akihiko: You're telling me. She pimped me out for reviews! -_-

Me: Just be lucky I haven't killed you yet :D So why don't you be quiet and I may not kill you.

Akihiko: O_O Y-yes madam.

Pucca: Am I going to die?

Garu: I know I will -_-

Me: I'm not telling you! You just gotta wait!

Abyo: You're sadistic...

Ching: You didn't already know that?

Me: Enjoy the last ever chapter :P

Ring-ring collapsed. She looked up at Fredrik limping over to her with the knife soaked in Garu's blood. She had attacked him after she had seen him stab Garu between his shoulder blades as he tried to protect that pathetic woman. Fredrik had been quick though. He recovered from the shock of stabbing the wrong target in time to block Ring-ring's multiple hair whipping attacks. She hadn't planned on Fredrik being that skilled in martial arts. Before she knew it she was clutching her hip that Fredrik had been able to slash with easy grace.

Ring-ring lashed out with her hair once more but Fredrik easily sliced through the blue strands. She couldn't believe she was about to die. It was all Her fault, Ring-ring's irrational mind spat.

Fredrik held the wicked knife high. "It's a shame to kill such good quality goods. Oh well, plenty more…" His voice licked at her wounds like a venomous snake.

Ring-ring closed her eyes.

Pucca, I'm sor-

Maybe if Fredrik hadn't cried out in pain in that moment Ring-ring would have finished the thought that may have affected her life; made her nicer perhaps… But Fredrik did cry out and when Ring-ring peaked from under her lashes she saw Ching swirling a long spiked weapon while Abyo, shirtless, held up his fists with an easy going smile on his face. How could he have such a stupid grin on his stupid face at a time like this? Ring-ring was bewildered.

Ring-ring swallowed her fear, embarrassed; she scowled her rescuers, "Took your damn time getting here."

"Be lucky we even bothered to save your shameless white a-"

"Abyo, not the time," Ching snapped swinging her favourite weapon at Fredrik.

"You didn't say that but a few days ago…" Abyo mumbled. Ching spared Abyo a glare as she continued to back Fredrik up; annoyed that he was even able to dodge her.

"Not. The. Time."

Abyo laughed, throwing in some punches between Ching's attacks.

...

Pucca crawled between Akihiko and Garu, rocking Garu slightly. "Garu? Garu? Please open your eyes. Garu. Garu!" Pucca's hand slipped from Garu's shoulder to graze his back. She withdrew her hand and gazed at the warm dark substance covering it. Pucca gently turned Garu so he was on his front, his head facing her, as she ripped his shirt to get a better look at the wound. It's deep… Pucca gently wiped away some of the surrounding blood.

Pucca narrowed her eyes, grasped the material that hung around her wrist and elbow and jerked. The stitches snagged but came off cleanly, though Pucca didn't care at that moment; she scrunched up the material and pressed it against the wound. Garu hissed, the sharp pain arousing him from his unconsciousness. Pucca gave a quick glance at Akihiko and briefly wondered how on earth she was going to carry them both back.

"Garu?" Pucca peered into his face but he had fallen back into oblivion. Pucca then noticed the mayhem that was happening further inside the forest. Keeping a good amount of pressure of Garu's wound, Pucca twisted to see bodies moving quickly, clearly fighting. Coughing brought her attention back to Garu who was chocking up blood from his awkward position. Pucca pushed him so he was slightly twisted upwards so she could still keep pressure on his back but also so he could cough and not choke on the blood.

Pucca cursed her outfit for not being compatible for pockets and at herself for not bringing a purse with a phone in it. Garu needed medical attention and quick. The knife had pierced so close to his hammering heart she couldn't be sure if it had nicked it or not.

"P-Pucca," a voice dangerously drawled behind her. She twisted quickly to see a distorted Fredrik rushing at her on instead feet, blood clearly seeping through his once neat clothes, with Ching and Abyo just behind him demanding for him to stop. Pucca crouched, still holding the material against Garu's bloody skin but Pucca was automatically reacting to be ready to protect Akihiko.

But Fredrik didn't seem bothered with Akihiko or even Garu, his path was directed right at her, the start of his problems. He pounced, followed by a slash of a glinting weapon. He was struck with enough force for him to lose his balance and knock into Pucca taking her with him sprawling towards the cliff. Pucca gasped at the impact and struggled to her feet, her eyes on the wound that was again allowed to flow excessive blood. She made a move to go to his side again but was grasped by the ankle and her temple connected with the ground as she was pulled back. Pucca was roughly pulled up to be in a similar position that Akihiko had been in moments ago thought it felt like hours.

Ching halted, ragged breathing in frustration. How could she have let him to slip by her? How was he now gripping her best friend more intimately than threateningly? Abyo besides her was growling with similar anger.

"You bastard. Release Pucca!" Abyo shouted.

Fredrik laughed hauntingly, licking the delicate skin of Pucca's throat, his other hand sensually rubbing at her hip. "Why- would I... do that?" he coughed hoarsely, from sadistic arousal or from pain Ching wasn't sure. She was sure though that she wanted that creeps hands off of her friend even if she had to slice off his fingers and pull out all of his nerves to paralyse his arms to do it.

Ching noticed that Pucca wasn't even paying attention to what was happening, to the guy lapping at her neck or her friends trying to save her, her eyes were locked onto Garu who Ching only just noticed was collapsed on the floor bleeding. Abyo gave a small step towards Fredrik who mirrored him by stepping away.

"Stay where you are or this sweet young thing dies before her time," Fredrik warned, his teeth grazing Pucca's sensitive skin. The hand that was rubbing Pucca's thigh and hip trailed to stroke just under her breast as he smiled wickedly at Ching, enraging her beyond points she had never hit before. His other hand was massaging her neck, teasing Abyo of his uselessness. "If you step aside I may leave her alive but she will be coming with me."

"Never," Ching snapped.

"Well, it's not really up to you," Fredrik droned. He used the hand that was clutching Pucca's neck to softly trail her jaw before increasing the pressure to force her to look at him. Pucca looked at him blankly, her mind adrift. "Do you want to go with me?"

Pucca remained silent.

"Answer me girl," he snarled grasping Pucca's breast roughly with the hand that wasn't holding her head in place. Abyo ground his teeth, a deep rumbling starting in his chest, rage pouring into his blood in place of his best friend. How dare he touch Pucca like that! He must have been the pathetic sick man who had abused Pucca in the same sort of way while captivated.

"Get off of her!" Ching cried outraged, shaking with pure anger.

Fredrik's eyes fluttered, the blood loss clearly starting to affect him, he teasingly licked Pucca's cheek. Ching's hand twitched, her weapon chinking against her holster underneath her dress attached to her thigh. Abyo took an unconscious step forward, his mind twirling in time with Ching's. Fredrik backed off, his foot now at the edge of the cliff. Tense silence passed.

Then Pucca heard it.

Waves splashing… Waves concealing sharp rocks…

Pucca's eyes began to focus, taking in how close Fredrik was, so close she could smell the alcohol on his breath, his grubby appearance and his shortness of breath. She then noticed how his body was crushed to hers, his hand roughly fondling her chest in order to annoy her companions. "Go…" she whispered at first.

Fredrik looked at Pucca in surprise. "What?"

"Go…" she began. "Go… to…"

"What?"

Pucca's voice grew in strength, "Go… go to hell!" With that she pushed into Fredrik who lost his balance. Pucca tried to pull away but Fredrik grasped at her desperately as he fell. Pucca took one more glance at her friends and Garu crumbled on the floor before she plummeted, her friends crying out her name just as she hit the water.

She had been correct that the rocks were sharp as she was thrown against them. Though the pain was blinding Pucca was strangely glad. Not only where her friends now safe, Fredrik had released his hold on her when they had hit the first round of rocks.

Again she was thrown against jagged rocks, this time with enough force to steal away her breath. Bubbles surrounded her and Pucca abruptly drew water into her lungs, burning pains following the water in suit. Pucca thrashed, trying to find the waters surface but the merciless currents refused to release her from its swirling grasps. Oh god, I'm going to die, Pucca clutched at her throat. I'm really going to die…

Pucca felt her limbs go numb and she was becoming dizzy. Pucca felt herself float, time stilling for her sake, stalling her death. Her eyes began to close and the last thing she was before she died was beautifully coloured fish… Pucca slipped into eternity, the smallest of smiles staining her increasingly cold lips.
...

"Pucca! Pucca!"

Yes?

"Pucca, answer me!"

I am! What do you want?

"Pucca, come on! Pucca! Pucca!"

Stop saying my name like that. I'm right here.

"Open your eyes please Pucca."

I'm tired though… Leave me be…

"She's dropping again. Move girl!"

...

The room was excessively light. Blinking, he took in the hospital room. He began to try and get up but the sharp pain in his midsection caused him to inhale shortly and fall backwards onto the bed.

Oh yeah… I was stabbed in the back, he thought almost absently. His eyes snapped up to be staring out of the window. Pucca! Where was she? Was she safe?

He pushed up again, ignoring the sheering pain in his shoulder blade and back, he swung his legs off of the bed and stood a little shakily on his feet. Feeling a small yank on his forearm he noticed the deceives he was hooked up to. Pulling himself free he staggered towards the hospital door, pulling it back with the little strength he felt in his arms. Maybe his blood hadn't recuperated yet and he was still a little oxygen deprived.

He walked out only to give a passing nurse a start.

She immediately noticed his condition and quickly went to help steady him, "Sir, you shouldn't be moving around so soon. The doctors still need to check you're healing correctly and you haven't had your full blood transfusions."

Garu tried to wave her off and stagger down the hall. "I have to find someone…"

"Please, Sir, if you would just-"

"You don't understand, I have to find-"

"Sir, if you'd go back to your room I'll-"

"But I must-"

"Sir please-"

"What's going on here?"

Both Garu and the nurse stop struggling to look behind to see a doctor with white hair and a puzzled expression.

"Doctor! This patient refuses to return to his room. He is insisting that he must find someone," she told him calmly though she clung to Garu's arm trying to slow his progress down the hall.

"I see. Sir, please return to your room and I will find the person you wish to see. Is that acceptable?" The doctor approached the pair slowly.

Garu, his blood deprivation making his head run a little slow, took a moment before nodding and relaxing into the nurses gentle urging back to his room. Only when Garu was back inside his room and lying back onto his bed did the doctor speak again.

"Who is it that you were trying to find?" The doctor asked as he replaced all of the devices Garu had pried from his arm earlier.

"Pucca…"

The doctor stayed quiet for a long moment. "Does she possess any individual traits to identify her?"

"She must have come in with me. Or with her friend, Ching at least."

The doctor paused again. "I'm afraid to say that a young woman has been issued to this hospital only a few hours ago but she has not been responding to treatment."

"What?" Garu sat up alarmed. "I must see her."

"She is in surgery at the moment. It seems like she has been injured a seriously large amount recently and…"

"And what?" Garu demanded.

"Her heart seems to have had a great deal of stress to cope with and it may not be able to handle anymore from the surgery she is receiving."

Garu blanked. What? He couldn't register what he's been told. The doctor quietly left telling him something along the lines of he'd inform Garu when and if something happens with Pucca. Pucca… He was never going to be able to keep her safe was he?

Garu lay his head down defeated. Maybe it was a good thing she had returned the ring to him, he bitterly thought as he drifted off into a restless slumber,

...

"Do you think she will be alright?" Ching fidgeted, the waiting room making her more nervous than it should.

Abyo wrapped a protective arm around her, "its Pucca. She's going to be just fine."

Ching nodded, leaning her head into his shoulder. She still felt awful, still couldn't get the sight of Pucca falling, eyes wide and suddenly scared. They were lucky to get her out when they did but it still wasn't good enough. She had been under for minutes and had been dragged so far down. The police had arrived shortly after Ching had barked at Ring-ring to call them and they took away Ring-ring and Garu to the hospital while Abyo and Ching searched under the water for Pucca.

"Did you call Pucca's uncles?"

"Yes, they are coming as soon as they can. The took Akihiko back to his parents, luckily he was only winded and only need a icepack and a few light pain killers."

Ching nodded and closed her eyes.

...

Garu woke with a start, his mind suddenly spiking awake. He sat up and thankfully he had been given a strong painkiller because he barely felt the skin on his back stretch against its stitches. Most of the devices had been taken from his body and he removed the final few so he could stand up and move about. He immediately noticed the difference in his balance. He was feeling more or less like himself, maybe just a little battered like he did after a major spar match.

He walked towards the door but stopped when he felt how airy it was around his bottom half. Horrified, he saw he was dressed in a hospital gown and he quickly scavenged for his own clothes. He found them, a little dirty and still stained with blood but he'd much rather have those on than a cloth that showed his ass.

He was quickly out of the door and travelling down the corridor trying to appear like he knows where he was going. He ignored the strange glances he got in his bloody stained clothes and he finally found a reception desk. Nonchalantly he spoke to the girl behind the desk who looked up with a start.

"Can you tell me where I can find a patient called Pucca?"

The woman looked at him and flushed. "Y-yes I know you- Ah, I mean, I know where she is. She's on the second floor, room 204." She gestured to her right.

"Thank you very much," he replied politely, oblivious to the girls flushed reaction. He walked off towards the stairs by following the woman's hand gestures leaving behind the girl opened mouthed, ready to ask him out to coffee.

Garu reached the room 204 and peered in anxiously. There she was a silent beauty. Garu quietly approached his sleeping priestess, her beauty astonishing even after all that has happened. Garu pulled over a chair to be sitting next to her, watching her slightly shallow breathing. Her heart may not be able to handle anymore…

"I'm sorry Pucca." Garu crocked. "I… I only wanted to be with you and…" He sighed, running his hand through his hair, scratching the back of his neck. Garu reached out to play with Pucca's fingers, a strange feeling tingling at his eyes. Tears? "I can't believe you've liked a mess like me for so long… I don't even like me but you," Garu looked up at Pucca's peaceful face. "You always saw the best in me even when I didn't see it myself." He laughed self mockingly, "and even though I pushed you away so, so many times you always came back to me. Maybe I began to rely on you too much, so when you didn't come and… make me feel human again, by the annoying kisses and hugs you tired to get… I don't know. I felt irritated and lost… Pucca… I've decided that I will stay with you till you wake up and then… Despite how painful it is for me, I will let you go and live on happily with someone else. Being with me just causes you pain and…" he choked up on his words, tears threatening to fall. "I don't want you to hate me Pucca… I can live without you; I can live knowing that you're much happier with someone else… But I can't… I can't live knowing that you… hate me… Pucca, I know I'm being selfish but… I really can't." Garu rubbed at his eyes with his free hand.

"… I couldn't hate you Garu…" an almost silent whisper echoed in the room.

Garu drew a sharp breath as his head snapped up to see a half smiling, though obviously exhausted, Pucca looking at him with fondness.

"Pucca…" Garu began.

"I never gave you my real answer…"

"What?"

"Ask me again…"

Garu shook his head, "Ask what Pucca?"

"To… Marry you," she couldn't hide her amusement dancing in her eyes

Garu stared at her. "Pucca, I-" He stopped. He had said he could live without her as long as she was happy but seeing her with that playful smile that at that moment was only for him, he couldn't let her go. He was wrong, he was completely selfish and he was planning to love every moment of this trait if he was able to stay by Pucca side. "Pucca… My childhood stalker and love of my life…" Pucca's eyes welled at the sudden confession of love and laughed painfully at the stalker part. "Will you do me the utter most honour of becoming my, one and only, wife?"

Pucca shifted her eyes as if thinking about the proposition. She giggled, hissing slightly at the strange movement that caused her pain, at Garu's expression. "Of course I will... If you promise me one thing?"

Without any hesitation he answered, "Anything."

"Before I get out of here… Could you get me some normal clothes? I am not walking out in a ripped bloody dress or this horrid hospital gown," Pucca pulled back the cover she was under to show similar clothes that Garu had been wearing when he had woken. He smirked.

"Sure… After I see you do a small spin before you get changed."

Pucca mimicked a fish for an instant before giggling, clutching her sides to minimise the pain, and rolling her eyes at Garu's attempt to be suggestive.

"Hey, Garu?"

"Yeah?"

"Have you ever thought about having kids?"

Garu's mouth dropped as his mouth dried. He had not expected that. Pucca exploded into laughter, wheezing from the pain it caused but she still found it to be totally worth it.

"Got you!"

Garu sighed. He didn't know if he could handle kids at the moment. He'd only just realised how he felt about the girl he loved never mind about procreating and having… to have the… Garu's cheeks flushed ever so slightly as he gentle scolded at her, "Very funny Pucca. You got me, you got me. But no I haven't thought about it. Have you?"

"Of course. I've already named them Julia and Zack."

Garu inspected her face closely, "Please stop making my heart stop! I couldn't be a father right now."

"Alright. I haven't thought 'bout having them now… But maybe later," she winked. Garu smiled at her. Now there was a future he was happy to dive into. Garu stood up and slowly leaned over Pucca.

"I'll hold you to that," he muttered before laying a chaste kiss upon Pucca's smiling lips. He pulled back slightly to look into her shining eyes, "I love you Pucca."

"I know…" She whispered and leaned up to press her lisps once more to Garu's. I've always known…

Its the end! Nooooooo! Actually, I'm happy about this. Its been going on for soooooo long its ridiculous :P So did you enjoy the final chapter?

Garu: None enjoyed this mushy stuff.

Pucca: *Strangely sweetly* What did you say Garu?

Garu: Ahh... Nothing?

Abyo: We're not gonna make a longer appearence?

Me: No -_- I wanna be done with this and move on.

Ching: Didn't you enjoy writing this?

Me: Sure, but it was still kinda a chore to get chapters out :/ and maybe two stories was a bit much but hey ^_^ its done!

Abyo: You do realise after this none of your reviewers will continue to read your other stories and you'll die alone and you'll be reduced to trolling everyone on the internet and-

Me: Rasheeeeeelllll CHOP! *Magic imprint in Abyo's stupid block head*

Abyo: Ouuuuch! Where the hell did the book come from?!

Me: If you read my other stories you'll find out ;)

Garu: Smooth... Smooth -_-

Pucca: Please review! :D

Me: And please don't leave me D: please stick with me and read my other stories?

Akihiko: I will pimp myself out if you do! Rashel has been almost like a mother to me.

Garu: Didn't she threaten to kill you a few chapters ago? Or even at the top of this chapter?

Akihiko: Exactly, just like my mother :3

Garu: (O_O) 'kayyyy...

Akihiko: =^_^= review!