Chapter 13: Finally Home

TOF: WOOT! It's the last chapter!

Kai: About damn time.

TOF: Shut up Kai. Enjoy the last chapter everyone!

The group sat down on the steps of the Wizard's castle together, a ball of lead in their stomachs. It's nearly been an hour since Brooklyn said he'd call his friend.

"Do you really think he'll be able to help us?" asked Max. He was so nervous. What if there was no way to help them? What if they were stuck in this world?

Kai looked at Max and smiled softly, his eyes showing encouragement. "I'm sure he'll be able to help us. I don't think Brooklyn would give this guy a call if he couldn't help us in any way."

"Kai's right Max." added in Miguel. "We just have to have faith that's all. Don't worry; soon we'll be home with the others. I'm sure they're wondering where we are anyway."

Max's face lit up and he smiled at the thought of their friends and family at home.

It was then that a gentle gust of yellow smoke appeared in front of the group, and through the yellow smoke came an old man.

He wore a gray suit. He was bald with a gray mustache and he wore glasses. He also carried a cane with him.

"It's you," said Tyson and Hiro in realization. "You're the one that helped us in the poppy field."

The old man nodded. "Yes that was I. I'm Mr. Dickinson, the Good Wizard of the South. I must say that Voltaire never has played fair, so I decided to give you all a little push."

"The Good Witch of the North mentioned you," said Max. "She said you're always really busy."

Mr. D laughed. "That I am. But I've been keeping my eye on your journey ever since it first began… I do make certain exceptions for certain people, and I think you boys are plenty ready to go home after everything you've gone through."

"So you'll be able to help them get home?" asked Ray.

"Of course, but first I want to ask Kai a question. It won't determine whether or not he goes home…but I'm curious."

"What is it?" asked Kai, tilting his head cutely.

Mr. D looked Kai squarely in the eye. "What would you do if I told you that you never truly left Japan?"

Kai didn't speak for a moment. He looked around his friends and boyfriend who all looked equally confused. Then he looked back at the old man asking. "We never really left?"

The man shook his head. "No my boy you haven't. Almost every person who has made an impact on your life is right here in Oz…and you could've gotten back to Japan whenever you wanted." He explained.

"I could?"

"How?" asked Miguel.

"Your crimson shoes had enough magic to bring you three home this whole time." Mr. D replied. "All you have to do is click your heels together three times and whisper, 'There's no place like home.' as you do."

"So, we could go home anytime like… now if we wanted?" asked Kai.

"Certainly."

The three bladers looked at each other and then their friends.

"The longer we stay here, the harder it will be to say good bye…" Said Miguel.

Hiro ran to each blader and gave them each a hug, trying his best not to cry. "I'll miss you guys so much."

Kai patted Hiro's back. "Don't cry Hiro, you'll rust yourself again."

"Now I know I've got a heart," Hiro moaned, "It's breaking."

Ray came next and pounced on them like the tiger he is. "You guys take care of yourselves, now that you won't have a courageous tiger like me around." He sniffed.

"Don't worry, I'll make sure they're ok." Said Miguel as Kai and Max smiled and laughed at him.

Tyson came last. "We'll miss you guys."

Max smiled sadly. "We will to."

After the goodbyes, the bladers turned to the good wizard and held each other's hands.

"Click your heels together three times." He instructed.

Kai closed his eyes and clicked his heels gently once…twice…and three times.

"Now say 'There's no place like home."

"There's no place like home," Kai, Miguel and Max whispered together, "There's no place like home…There's no place like home…"

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"I've never seen anything like it!" one doctor spoke, "They're talking at the same time and tempo, and all three are in a coma!"

"It's a natural phenomenon," a second doctor said.

Kai groaned; his eyes opened and he saw that he was in an empty hospital room. Two doctors were talking outside; he was lying in a hospital bed, his head feeling as if someone dropped an anvil on it. He looked to his left and saw Max whose eyes were just fluttering open. Then he looked to his right and saw Miguel awake and staring happily at him.

"Kai, we're back." The older blonde whispered.

A few more voices chattered outside, but the three bladers ignored them.

"So was it real?" asked Max, sitting up in his bed. "Did it really happen?"

Kai sat up, Miguel following his lead. "Unless we all had the exact same dream, it would appear so."

"KAI! MAX! MIGUEL!" running into the room came the rest of Grev, along with Hiro and Mr. D, the Blitzkrieg Boys and The Battalion.

"Are you guys ok?" asked Tala.

"We were so worried about you." Cried Hilary.

"We're fine don't worry. We're just glad to be back." Said Miguel.

"Yeah, you wouldn't believe where we've been." Max jumped in.

"What do you mean?" asked Claude. "After the tornado we found you guys all knocked out. You've spent the last few days in a coma."

Max was about to tell them about the world of Oz when Kai interrupted him. "That's right the tornado. Are any of you hurt?" he asked, looking frantically around the room.

Everyone laughed softly as Kai went into 'mother hen' mode.

"We're fine Kai, honest." Replied Ray.

"We were more worried about you guys." Said Hilary.

"I must say boys, you gave us quite a scare." Mr. D chuckled lightly.

Kai blushed, as everyone muttered how worried they had been about them. "I'm sorry." He said. "We never meant to worry you."

Tala patted Kai's back. "As long as you're ok, we'll forgive you." Kai laughed with everyone else.

Then Kai turned to the doctors who walked back into the room and asked, "When are we allowed out of here?"

'It better be soon or I'm sneaking out.' He thought.

END

Ok, I'll admit, that was a bad way to end it but I wasn't sure how too. Oh, and I forgot to mention in the first chapter that Max was also knocked out.

Anyway, this story is finally complete, I'm so happy. And now, I can fully concentrate on my other stories.

I want to personally thank everyone for their reviews. If it wasn't for you I probably wouldn't have continued this story. I'm glad you all enjoyed this story so much, and I hope you'll continue to enjoy the other stories that will follow after this one. Thanks again and please leave your reviews for this chapter so I may know what you thought of it and the really crappy ending.

Until next time,

Tenshi-chan ^_^