"Hold on!" the chief suddenly enters the execution room, just as the trigger was about to be pulled on Sakura, who had her eyes tightly closed. "Before we do anything, there's business to be taken care of outside. Cuff her up and just sit her there. This'll be quick."

Sakura's eyes fly open in surprise as she felt the familiar cold metal around her wrists. "Don't move." the chief orders as he and the executioner exits the room. The room was quiet, but when Hiro accidentally hits Takuto...

"Watch it, Hippo!" he whispers, but in the dead silent room, it might as well have been said out loud. Eisuke and Soryu, who were watching Sakura, sees a smirk appear on her face. 

"Nice to see you guys." she suddenly says out loud, looking towards where they stood. She pushes herself on her feet, stumbling a few times because of the handcuffs. "What are you doing here?"

She walks to them, hands still cuffed behind her back. "We're here to save you, of course." Eisuke replies cockily. "I told you- Wait... How did you know my execution was today? Hiro...?"

She turned towards him with a look and the ginger shakes his head furiously. "I promise! I didn't say anything! It was Ed and Sam and Aiko!"

"He's telling the truth, don't worry, Sakura." Angel steps up, smiling as she patted the ginger's head. "Okay... But still, all of you need to get out of here before you get arrested for trespassing."

"I'm a thief, pretty lady, and so are the Black Foxes. This isn't the first time we've trespassed." Baba chuckles, walking behind her. "Now we need to make this quick. Hold on."

"Hey what are you-?!" Mica clamps her mouth and holds her finger up to her lips with her other hand. "Shh... We're going to get you out of here. We'll knock you out even if that's the only thing that makes you quiet." she grins.

"What?!" "Shh!" the girls all hiss, making Sakura clamp her mouth and nod. "Okay, okay... I'll be quiet."

"Good. Baba, how's the cuffs?" Samantha says, looking behind Sakura to see the thief still fiddling with them.

"This is harder than thought. The materials I have now aren't going to be enough." he replies, standing.

"Then we'll just take her back and get the cuffs off." Ota says with a grin. "Soryu, grab her and let's get out of here! I can hear them coming down the hall."

With slightly pink cheeks, the mobster gets down before her. "Sorry." he apologizes quickly before picking her up in a princess carry. "Let's go."

~*****~

"Well, that actually feels refreshing." Sakura breathes once Baba had gotten the cuffs off, making the bidders and Foxes smile.

"So why didn't you struggle when we took you away, anyway?" Cecilia asks, looking at her strangely. 

"'Cause I still would've been dragged out anyway, considering Mica said you guys would knock me out."

"Not my fault," the girl shrugs as she lays her head on Hiro's lap. "I wasn't the one who suggested it."

"Wait what?" "It was Samantha, she was actually walking around saying 'if she won't come, we'll just put her to sleep or something and take her with us!'." Angel interfered, smirking at their friend, who laughs awkwardly and hides behind Takuto, avoiding the stares.

"Well, whatever. I guess we're good now. But how am I supposed to escape? They know where I'd go in the first place. Here in Tres Spades."

"Well the whole group won't be staying here anymore for sure," Eisuke mutters, then smirks and looks at the bidders.

"We'll be going to Tres Spades Dubai."

~*****~

"Hey." Sakura says casually, flopping onto her boyfriend's bed. Shortly after Eisuke announced the bidders' move to Dubai, Soryu had dragged her out of the lounge and finally spilled everything.

"What ya' reading?" she asks curiously, peeking over to see what her mobster boyfriend was so focused on reading. 

"Another novel." "Detective?" "Mhm. Here." He lifts the blankets that covered his long legs, patting the spot next to him as he rests the book on his lap.

"Mm, I don't feel like sitting." she crawls onto the bed and plucks the book off Soryu's lap, handing it to him before wrapping herself in the blanket while resting her head on Soryu's lap.

Flustered and flushed, the mobster buries his face in the book again, reading to hide his embarrassment as his hands unconsciously begin playing with Sakura's hair. 

"Hey Soryu?" she suddenly says quietly.

"Hm?" "Can I... Can I ask you something...?" "Mhm." he says, still focused on his book.

Sakura sighs and sits up, taking the book away and chucking it aside. "I'm serious. I want to know why."

"Why what?" "Why did you forget me?"

"..." Her eyes look at him, begging for an answer as the pain of the memories begin clouding her orbs. "You really want to know, huh?"

"Yes, please." she mutters, looking at him still, hands clasping his.

"Alright... Remember way back when we first met in science class?"

"Yeah?" "I just felt kind of... I don't know, attached to you. You weren't like the girls at that school and you just caught my interest. I fell in love with you a long time ago, I realized it when we won our first chemistry contest together."

Sakura listens intently as he continues. "I didn't know what the purpose of the second button of someone's jacket meant back then. Not until college, when we stopped talking and when EIsuke explained it after I talked to him."

"After that, I tried sending you letters. But you never replied."

'That's right...' she thought to herself 'I was too hurt back then. Too scared to hear what he wanted to say.'

"But Eisuke told me to let it go, and I did... I tried forgetting you, and it was hard at first... Then the Ice Dragons came along and I just kind of... Lost any sort of memory about you. I didn't want to, but I had to. When you first came, I had a small memory left of you but I never did remember the whole story, I guess...."

He sighs when he finishes his long explanation, and Sakura pulled him into a hug. "What about that kiss?"

"I just... I want to do that for a year, I just didn't think that I wouldn't be able to do it anymore after that."

Sakura blushes at his words and hugs him tightly, not wanting him to see your face.

"But now, I guess we don't have to worry much about that." "Yeah..."

"We'll start a new life. Make new memories. We'll start over."

~*****~

A/N: 

And that my friends, concludes To My Dearest! At least, for now... School will be starting again tomorrow so I will no longer have as much time to update, but I will notify you when the sequel is up and I hope you guys'll read it!

As for  this whole happy ending, it was mostly apologies and explanations on why he forgot, and a small insight on the sequel.

I will now be updating 'Broken Perfection' a whole lot more and maybe 'Twisted Two'. I will put up one final note after this chapter, which I dedicate to all of you readers!

But for now, thanks for reading and following the updates of To My Dearest!

Special thanks to:

samanthaapage - who played the role of Samantha, Takuto's fiancee!

pink-angel_101 - who was Angel Yanase in this story! You can tell who her husband was from her name!

Kiss-me-in-Paris - as Atsumu's wife (I ship it personally)

and to Sahanapuppy1 playing Hiro's girlfriend and maybe soon to be fiancee~

Thank you everyone and I'll see you next time! 

Ciao!

~Dark Angel