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Amu's head drooped against her chest, her eyes closed as she tried to get what little sleep she was allowed. Even then the sleep wasn't comfortable, considering that she was tied to a wooden stake with splinters constantly burying themselves into her bare back. She heard the door creak open, wincing at the sudden slap that found its way to her face. She lifted her head, dull amber clashing with the sharp blue glaring at her.

"Is it that time of the day again Yukari?" She croaked out, licking her dry lips. Yukari's eyes narrowed, a scowl prominently displayed across her face.

"Unfortunately it's not," She growled, walking to the back of the stake. She pulled out a knife and began to cut away at the ropes on Amu's wrists and ankles, "However, Mr. Director has gotten word of something…promising, you might say."

"Is that so?" Amu inquired, wincing as she felt the knife cut into her wrists. "And what exactly is this promising situation?"

"Tch, if I tell you then you might get all emotional or something." Yukari said, standing up when the last of the rope was cut. She walked towards the door, not giving a second glance to Amu. "Hikaru will come in with something for you to wear. I expect you to be out of here quickly and promptly."

"Yeah yeah," Amu muttered, watching as the door closed behind Yukari. She leaned against the stake, her eyes looking over at the left side wall.

"It's been so long…So long since I've seen them. I wonder how they're enjoying Heaven." She thought, sighing softly to herself. She heard the door creak open again, indicating that Hikaru had entered the room with her clothing for today.

"Here you go Amu-nee-san." Hikaru said, handing her a gossamer dress. She took it, shaking it out to see that it was nothing more than a white slip.

"Thanks," She said, pulling the clothing over her head. She slipped her arms through the straps, taking note of how they barely stayed on her shoulders. She stood up and headed towards the door, Hikaru's hand held loosely in hers.

Yukari quickly walked ahead of Amu, her hand tightly grabbing Amu's as she dragged her along. Amu stumbled as she tried to keep up, falling and scraping her knees at times.

"Will you pick up the pace? God, it's like dragging a sack of potatoes," Yukari grumbled, harshly yanking Amu back to her feet. Amu glared at her but kept her mouth shut so as to avoid any unnecessary trouble. Hikaru, however, had no fear of being lashed out upon and spoke on her behalf.

"Yukari-san, while in my presence you are to treat her as a semi-decent person. The minute she is gone from my sights, you may do as you please." Hikaru stated, turning his head to glare at Yukari. "Understood?"

"Tch," Yukari scoffed, though her pace slowed enough that Amu wasn't struggling as much to keep up. Amu glanced at Hikaru, mouthing her appreciation to him. He nodded, showing that he accepted her thanks to him.

Amu suddenly felt herself being yanked forward harshly causing her to come crashing down onto the ground. She sprawled out, the flimsy fabric of the dress tearing in some places. She propped herself onto her elbows, turning her head to glare at Yukari. Yukari shrugged, matching her glare with one of her own. Amu sighed, raising herself from the ground and sitting on her knees. She took in her surroundings, eyes widening as she realized where she was.

"This place…It can't be!" She thought before having to shield her eyes from a blinding white light. When the light died down she lowered her arms, only to have her eyes widen even more at the sight of the person in front of her.

"Hello! My name is Wakana, and I am here for the transfer of Hinamori Amu." Wakana said, smiling brightly at them. Yukari scowled, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Yeah, the little bitch is right here." She stated crossly, shoving Amu back onto the ground with the heel of her foot. Amu grunted as she was sent sprawling on the ground again, feeling more scratches form on her arms and legs.

"Ah! P-Please refrain fr-from abusing tr-transfers anym-more than need be," Wakana stammered out, flustered by the behavior she had witnessed. Yukari glared at her, causing the girl to yelp and hide behind her clipboard.

"She's still under my control, so therefore I can do whatever I feel like doing to her," Yukari stated coldly, eyes resembling ice. To emphasize her point Yukari placed her foot on Amu's back, stepping down on her hard to enough to elicit a gasp of pain.

"Picking on little girls is really quite pathetic, don't you think?" A stern voice stated as a flash far brighter than before immediately following it. Amu shut her eyes tightly, blocking the light with her arms to avoid being permanently blinded. As soon as it dimmed down back to normal Amu slowly lowered her arms and opened her eyes, only to be greeted by the sight of Utau and her friends.

"Utau…E-Everyone…" She muttered, lost in her amazement by them having actually shown up. Kukai grinned, giving her a signature thumbs up as well.

"Don't worry Hinamori! The cavalry has arrived!" He proclaimed, his grin somehow growing larger than before. Yaya bounced and twirled happily, waving her arms frantically as she did so.

"Amu-chi, look what Yaya and the others brought as well," Yaya yelled, turning her back to Amu and bending down quickly. She spun around and held what she had in her hands high above her head, causing it to shriek in delight. Amu's eyes almost bulged out of her head, surprise becoming the prominent emotion displayed on her face.

"Ami…" She thought, staring at her little sister being held above Yaya's head. The small girl grinned down at Amu, her pastel pink and yellow dress flowing all around her.

"Onee-chan wook! I'm so high, it's wike I'm fwying!" Ami stated, flapping her arms up and down for emphasis. Amu swallowed nodding her head dumbly as she watched two adult figures, one male and one female, come up from the back of the group to the front.

"Oh! If only I had a camera to capture that fleeting adorable moment!" The man cried out, overdramatic tears falling freely down his face. "Why, if only I had a camera to capture this entire moment! This moment, where Papa's lost little sparrow flies home! Home, to the nest where she belongs!"

"Ah Papa," The woman sighed, taking Ami from Yaya and holding her in her arms instead, "You truly should have considered going into the theater."

The man sniffled, dabbing at his eyes with a handkerchief. "Why thank you Mama. However photography has and always will be my passion!"

Amu could only continue to stare as she watched the interactions between her father, Hinamori Tsumugu, and her mother, Hinamori Midori. She was so enraptured in watching them that she didn't even take notice of when Yukari yanked her to her feet. She did however take notice of when Yukari shoved her forward causing her to stumble slightly, yet not lose her balance and fall onto the ground.

"Hey, be gentle with Hinamori!" Kukai called out, stepping forward from the group. Yukari simply scoffed, turning her head to the side and ignoring his comment. Yaya ran forward, latching herself onto Amu's neck as quickly as she had come.

"You okay Amu-chi ? Yaya was so worried about you!" She cried, nuzzling her face into Amu's neck. Amu nodded mutely, her eyes still locked on her family. Ami looked over at Amu and grinned, leaping from Midori's arms and running straight for her. She latched onto her leg, looking up directly into her eyes.

"Onee-chan, come on! It's time to go home together!" Ami announced, grabbing her hand and pulling her forward. Yaya nodded, grabbing her other hand and pulling her forward as well. Amu followed them, too stunned by all the events to comment.

"Y-Yuiki-san! Hi-Hinamori-san! You must release her and follow protocol!" Wakana cried out, panicking as she sensed Yukari's murderous intent rising each second.

"But Waka-tan," The two girls cried out, pouting cutely at her with shining eyes.

"N-No buts! I refuse to have a repeat of the last time Yuiki-san!"

"Aww…" They whined, drooping their heads in a dejected manner. They released Amu's hands, leaving her to miss the warmth and hope they offered as they returned to the group. Wakana sighed, adjusting her glasses and looking at the clipboard in her hands.

"Now that that's settled, let's begin!" Wakana announced, looking at Amu. "Do you, Hinamori Amu, take full responsibility for your actions?"

"I do," Amu croaked, her throat suddenly gone dry now that the final moment had arrived.

"And do you truly and fully regret your actions?"

"I regret everything, and I've regretted having to do it every second that my soul has gone through." Amu said as she adverted her gaze to the ground. She balled her hands into tight fists, continuing as everyone watched her speak. "I regret endangering Ami, I regret having sent my family to their deaths, I regret having tortured all my dearest people in the most horrible ways, and I regret having caused any pain to those who happened to watch their loved ones writhe in pain by my hand."

Wakana nodded, turning to face the group behind her. "Hinamori family, would you mind giving your verdict first?"

"I fowgive you onee-chan!"Ami cried out, raising her arms into the air. "I fowgive you lots and lots and lots!"

Midori placed a hand on Ami's head, causing the smaller girl to smile brightly. "Ami speaks the truth for me as well. I forgive you; in fact I've always forgiven you and have never held a dark thought towards you."

"The same goes for Papa!" Tsumugu proclaimed, wrapping his arm around Midori's waist. "You are Papa's little sparrow, Papa's shining star! I never found fault in you, not then and most certainly not now!"

"The same goes for Yaya!" Yaya exclaimed, jumping into the air, much to the displeasure of Wakana.

"Y-Yuiki-san please! W-We need t-to-"

"Oh loosen up Wakana!" Kukai said, walking over to her and wrapping an arm around her shoulders. Wakana squeaked and turned bright red, her glasses falling down her nose.

"Hinamori, no need to be emo anymore! Your soccer star in shining armor has arrived to forgive and forget!" Kukai said, jerking his thumb at himself. Wakana wriggled her way out of his grasp, finally becoming far too uncomfortable with the closeness.

"Yes, let us let bygones be bygones." Kairi stated, pushing his own glasses up his nose.

"Y-You too Sanjou-san?!"

"Sometimes one must follow protocol," Nagihiko said, stepping forward with Rima by his side, "And other times one must follow the beat of their own drum."

"And unfortunately Wakana-san, you happened to come to the parade." Rima stated, giving her an almost apologetic glance. "But we'll try to keep as close to protocol as possible."

"Oh…As long as you follow it closely enough," Wakana groaned, caving into the popular demand of the group.

"Well then I would like to say that I have always forgiven you Amu-chan." Nagihiko stated, his golden eyes as soft as his smile was warm.

"I've no reason to forgive you." Rima said, her arms crossed over her chest. "After all, I approve of everything that this stupid cross dresser had to go through."

"Ah Rima-chan, so small yet so full of cruelty." Nagihiko muttered, glancing over at Rima. Rima huffed, turning her head to face away from Nagihiko.

"Oh…Um…" Wakana stammered scrambling to quickly check off names of those that gave their consent. "L-Let's see…Um…"

"Yo, Hotori," Kukai called out, glancing over Wakana's shoulder. "Give your kingly blessing or whatever you want to call it."

Wakana squeaked, jumping up into the air before turning to give a slight glare at Kukai. "S-Sohma-san, p-please refrain from doing that!"

"Heh, sorry," He said, rubbing the back of his neck nervously. "I just thought, you know, it'd be funny."

Wakana huffed, turning her back on him to watch as Tadase spoke. "Guess that wasn't my brightest idea, annoying an angel and whatnot…" Kukai thought, noticing how her entire being radiated with annoyance at the moment.

"It's so good to see you again, Amu-chan." Tadase said, grasping her hands in his. "I hope your time down here hasn't been too unbearable."

Amu blushed lightly, looking down at the ground. "I-It's been the same. I'm pretty used to it nowadays."

"Well that's not exactly good, but it's not exactly bad either now is it?" Tadase inquired, flashing a warm smile.

Amu nodded, her blush growing brighter at his smile. "Y-Yeah…" She stammered, feeling nervous about what his answer would be to her.

"You know, even in the midst of the torture, I never once stopped loving you." Tadase stated, magenta eyes staring straight into her amber eyes. "Through that, I found myself forgiving you every time I thought of you, saw you, heard you, or felt your knife cut into me. And, like my love for you, my forgiveness towards you has never disappeared. If anything it has grown and expanded, much like a river does after a heavy rainfall."

"T-Tadase-kun…" Amu murmured her blush growing immensely as he leaned in to give her a simple kiss on the cheek. Their friends and her mother smiled at their scene, whereas Tsumugu tried his best to keep his water levels in check.

"I promised myself that when this day came, I wouldn't cry." Tsumugu sniffled, his eyes watering before releasing a flood. "But why?! Why must Papa's little sparrow have her heart be won over by a small chickadee?!"

"Ah, but Papa must remember that since we're not really belonging to the living we don't have to worry about all those physical problems." Midori stated, smiling happily at the couple before them. Tsumugu sniffled, wiping his eyes.

"That's true. At least I won't be a grandfather before my time…."

"Oh for the love of-Can we get a move on?" Yukari snapped, her foot tapping impatiently. "I feel as if we've been going through this for longer than we should be. And all this reunion crap is making me sick to my stomach."

"You really shouldn't speak out of line. It's quite rude." A voice spoke from within the group. Amu's eyes widened as she immediately recognized the speaker.

"H-He's here. He really actually meant it," Amu thought, looking past Tadase towards the grouping of her friends. There, coming forth from the depths of the back to join Utau at the front, was none other than her final assignment; Ikuto.

"Y-You came…I really get to see you again…" Amu breathed, her hands falling limply from Tadase's grasp. Tadase stepped aside, allowing her an unobstructed view of Ikuto.

"I should hope he came to see you again." Utau stated, glancing over at Ikuto. "I practically had to chain him to the house to keep him from demanding for your release. It was cute at first, but really became pitiful as it wore on."

"What you call pity," Ikuto began, meeting Utau's gaze with his own, "Is what I call determination."

"Well then you are as stubborn as a mule."

"Your words touch my heart, Utau." Ikuto muttered, rolling his eyes slightly. He turned his attention to Amu, whose eyes had never left his form from the minute he spoke. "So how's my personal misery mistress doing?"

Amu felt the corners of her mouth twitch upwards, despite finding his nicknaming her still annoying. "I'm doing as well as anyone can do when being punished. But you would know all about that."

"So quick to bring up our past are we?" Ikuto asked, smirking slightly. "You must have really missed me then."

"Please, as if I missed you." Amu stated crossly, glaring at Ikuto lightly. Utau clapped her hands together, capturing the attention of everyone.

"Well, you two probably want some form of privacy." Utau stated, turning her back on them immediately. The rest of the group understood, following Utau's suit as they understood. Even Hikaru turned, much to the chagrin of Yukari.

"Just pretend like we're not even here." Utau stated, glancing over her shoulder. "And by the way Amu, I forgive you for everything and anything. I honestly think he needed something traumatizing to knock some sense into that skull of his."

"Th-Thank you…I think." Amu said, looking past Ikuto's shoulder at her. Utau nodded, turning her head away to face the backs of everyone else's heads.

Ikuto rolled his eyes at his sister's antics, before locking his gaze with Amu's. "So, are you ready to get down to why I'm actually here?"

Amu glanced down at the ground, fidgeting with the hem of her dress. "Depends. Have you actually come to your senses and decided that I'm not worthy?"

"Nope, not at all." He stated immediately, crouching down to her level. He grasped her chin, gently pulling her face so that their eyes locked together. "Every single answer I've given to you has stayed the same since then: I still willingly acknowledge an acquaintanceship with you, I still think you deserve what you're about to receive, and I still forgive you because I know you're a far better person than that."

"H-How though?" Amu choked out, her mouth suddenly gone dry. "How do you know that? How are you able to keep all these answers the same after so long? I would've thought you'd have come to your senses."

"Coming to senses is so overrated nowadays," Ikuto stated simply, "Being insanely dedicated to causes and people so much that you're practically blinded by everything else, that's where everyone is nowadays."

Amu nodded, feeling her knees begin to knock together. Standing seemed to be an almost impossible task to her, much less keeping a conversation going with him. "S-So basically you've lost your mind?"

"More or less, yes." He said, shrugging his shoulders. He leaned in close to her ear, causing a small blush to appear again on her face. "I must really have lost it if I think that that Kiddy King might have a run for his money someday."

Amu's eyes widened before shutting completely, consciousness leaving her quickly. Her body fell forward into his, causing his arms to wrap around her waist instantly. Ikuto pulled her closer to him, her head resting against his shoulder heavily. He looked down at her face, his lips turning upwards as he examined her sleeping face.

"Still as cute as I remember." He thought, standing up with her in his arms. He turned around, seeing that everyone was still facing the other way. "You can all face this way again."

The group immediately turned around, noticing immediately that Amu was in Ikuto's arms. "Papa's little sparrow! So young, yet already in a love triangle!" Tsumugu shouted falling to his knees as tears fell. Midori sighed, patting his head in a comforting way.

"Hooray! Amu-chi is back with us!" Yaya cheered, jumping up and down excitedly. Amu's friends cheered with her, pumping fists into the air and jumping as they rejoiced. Ikuto felt Amu stirring in his arms, looking down to see her regaining consciousness.

"Light sleeper are we?" He inquired, almost chuckling at the way her eyes blinked in drowsiness before turning to face him.

"It's almost impossible to sleep with Yaya and everyone creating such a commotion." Amu commented rubbing her honey colored eyes to wake herself up more. Ikuto smirked, silently agreeing with her as he felt something tug at his pant leg. He looked down to see Hikaru staring up at him, blue eyes boring into his own.

"So Amu-nee-san is going away now." Hikaru stated, not questioning the fact at all. Ikuto nodded, sensing that Hikaru was slightly upset by this fact. Hikaru thrust his pinky into the air, indicating that he wanted someone to hook theirs around his. "Amu-nee-san, promise that you'll remember me."

Amu smiled down at him, ruffling his hair slightly before hooking her pinky around his. "I, Hinamori Amu, do hereby swear upon the life of my pinky that I will always remember you."

"Good," Hikaru said, unhooking his pinky from hers. "By the way, you can fall for that this miscreant if you want. He's already done one thing to make you happy." Hikaru said, before turning and walking away from the scene quickly.

Amu blushed, staring at Hikaru's retreating form. "Wh-What the heck was that about?" Amu thought, glancing up at Ikuto. Before she could ponder the thought further, though, Wakana's voice broke through the commotion.

"Alright then! If I may have everyone's attention, we're about to depart!" Wakana shouted, grabbing everyone's attention immediately.

"Wait! Stop right there please!" A voice shouted out suddenly, surprising everyone. They all turned to look at the speaker, who was running towards them with a young boy at her heels carrying a bouquet.

"Who's that?" Rima asked, looking at Nagihiko. He shrugged, having not a clue as to who it could be.

Amu squinted, trying to make out the approaching figures. "It looks like…"

"…Fanboy and flower girl?" Ikuto finished, finally recognizing them as they came within a closer distance. Amu looked up at him, blinking in surprise.

"How do you know Manami and Seiichiro?"

"Seed shopping opens up a world of new experiences." Ikuto stated as the two came into the clearing. Manami huffed and puffed, trying to regain her breath from the long sprint that she had just endured.

"Finally…made it…Thought…we weren't…going to…" Manami panted out, her hands on her knees as she was bent over. Seiichiro pushed his glasses up his nose as he stared at Amu from every angle imaginable.

"It's happening! It's finally truly happening! The day when I get to be so close to Hinamori-senpai!" Seiichiro squealed, happily gazing at Amu from the ground. Amu felt slightly uncomfortable, only keeping her mouth shut so as not to ruin the boy's happiness.

"Seiichiro…You're probably…scaring her." Manami said, standing up straight and wiping the sweat from her brow. "Give her the bouquet and go through the motions just like you normally would."

"And that I shall do!" Seiichiro announced, shoving the bouquet up towards Amu. "Hinamori Amu! This bouquet comes from the seeds grown by Manami and myself! Also, these seeds were handpicked and told that when they've bloomed they were to be delivered to you by Tsukiyomi Ikuto! May you accept these flowers and gaze at their beauty for as long as they live!"

"Ah…Th-Thank you…" Amu said, taking the bouquet from Seiichiro. He proudly beamed up at her before clearing his throat to speak.

"Also I would like to say that Hinamori-senpai, I-" Manami slapped her hand over his mouth before he could get another word out. She nervously chuckled, beginning to scuttle backwards away from him.

"Don't mind him, he's just crazy. Had a little too much sugar, he has." Manami lied, knowing full well what was really going to come out of his mouth. "Well have fun in Heaven, bye!" She yelled, sprinting away from the scene as quickly as possible.

"So…Anyone know who they actually were?" Utau asked, looking around at everyone. Everyone shook their heads, no one besides Amu and Ikuto having the faintest idea.

"Well then…Now that that's out of the way," Wakana said, adjusting her glasses on her face as she spoke, "Everyone group together as tightly as possible! We want this to go as smoothly as possible!"

Sounds of agreement came from everyone as they all huddled together, everyone invading another person's personal bubble. Ikuto strode towards the group with Amu still in his arms, trying to find a place within the group before it became almost impossible. Amu was staring at the bouquet, noticing that they were set up in a ring like design, with cyclamen on the outer edges and a white camellia in the center.

"Cyclamen, pink carnation, wallflower, dark pink rose, snowdrop, pink heather, gladiolus, and white camellia." Amu thought to herself, counting off the flowers that were in the bouquet. She then racked her brain for their meanings, ignoring Wakana as she went through the usual beginning of granting their permission. As she finally connected with each of the flower's meanings, she quickly looked up at Ikuto with her cheeks painted red.

"Y-You…Th-These…" Amu stammered out much to his amusement. Before she could get a single coherent thought out, though, Wakana finished granting her permission and the light and wind soon enveloped them all.

Ikuto smirked, enjoying as Amu continually stared between him and the flowers in her hands. "That little mutt actually was a help." Ikuto thought, mind roaming back to the day he and Dia had picked out the flowers that Amu now held. Soon he felt the familiar lurch in his stomach as they were all pulled to Heaven, the light around them having become brilliantly white.

"Good-bye, I will never forget, friendship and adversity, thank you, hope and consolation, good luck, strength of character along with I am sincere, and you're adorable." Ikuto thought, listing off the meanings of the flowers in his head as they began to quickly evaporate from Hell and emerge up into the beautiful eternity of Heaven. Amu stared in wonder and awe at the otherworldly beauty around them as Wakana rejoiced at being back, throwing her arms in the air and praising every high power.

"It's so beautiful…" Amu murmured, taking in her surroundings. Ikuto chuckled at her bewilderment, enjoying how her eyes stayed the size of dinner plates as she drank in everything.

"It's Heaven; what were you expecting?"

"I don't know. And stop laughing, it's not nice." Amu scolded, glaring and pouting up at him.

"My apologies for having apparently insulted you," Ikuto said in a playful tone of voice. "Allow me to make it up to you."

Amu raised an eyebrow in suspicion. "And just how do you plan on doing that?"

"Just watch and learn," He simply stated before leaning in close to her face. Amu blushed, her heart racing, even though his lips came nowhere near kissing hers. Instead, they landed on her forehead, placing a soft kiss there before pulling back. Ikuto smirked at her cherry red face, finding her reactions to be quite amusing.

"Welcome to Heaven, Amu."

A/N: IT. IS. DONE. FINISHED. NEVER TO BE TOUCHED AGAIN UNLESS I DESIRE TO EDIT IT. FINALLY MY BRAIN MAY REST IN PEACE.
All that aside, I am quite happy that this is done and over with. I enjoyed writing it; don't get me wrong, it's just that it would NEVER leave me alone. Like never ever. Anyway, thank you all oh so very much for reading and reviewing! You guys have made this my most reviewed story ever! Really, I'm quite happy that you all took time out of your busy lives to review this story! A GIANT COOKIE TO ALL WHO REVIEWED! And, as always, I really hope you enjoyed this chapter! Leave a final review on this story, and you'll receive a Tsumugu plush doll! Until next time, JAA MATA!

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