To Love A Beast

Sealed with A Kiss

Yamato laid her gently on the floor of the balcony. Her chest was pierced from the wound. She was very weak; she couldn't move much of her body. He took his cloak off, trying to put pressure on the wound so the bleeding would stop.

"Hang in there, Sera." Yamato tearfully tells her. He was trying to be strong; he had to be for the both of them. If she had any chance at surviving this. He didn't want to think about it. He quickly grabbed her hand to give her comfort. To let her no that no matter what he wasn't going to leave her. Sera gave out a weak smile.

Meanwhile in the Castle

After Amu stood up, Misao was still in a daze from his cheek kiss. She could only look at Tusk.

"Are you mad at me still, Tusky?" Amu questioned.

"What makes you think that?" Tusk tells her, uncaringly.

"I left to find Yamato without telling you. Putting myself in danger. It's my fault I let the angry mob come here."

"Was this all about just breaking the curse. Then that makes you selfish, Amu." Tusk tells her. Giving her the cold shoulder

"Now wait a minute . . ." Larri begun to interrupt.

"STAY OUT OF THIS LARRI!" Tusk yells out to him.

"ABSOLUTELY NOT!" Amu yells. "I just couldn't bear to see the Princess like that. She loved Yamato to much. I just wanted to try and unite them."

"So you don't like Yamato?"

"Is that's what's bother you." Amu tells him. She begins to giggle. Amu found it really cute that he was so jealous of her paining attention to other guys. "Yamato is more like a brother to me. His not my type. Besides he belongs with the Princess. I don't understand why you would be jealous of us?"

"That and the fact you kissed Misao." Larri added quickly before realizing what he just said. Covering his mouth.

"REALLY?! WHY TELL YOU ANYTHING?!" Tusk embarrassingly yells out.

"You're so cute!" Amu confesses.

"Then what is your type?" Tusk questioned.

"Oh the strong-headed, stubborn ones. Who acts to serious." Amu teasefully tells him as she plays with his trunk. She begins to look lovingly at him. Tusk blushes. "So you forgive me?" Before Tusk could answer, footsteps could be heard.

"All right! All of the angry mob is out of the castle." Leo tells them, he was tried out. He looks back and fourth at Tusk and Amu. Words didn't need "Will you two lovebirds quit it for a minute with being all lovey-dovey. The princess needs our help."

"Great! Now I lost Amu too. That's a new record." Misao weeps.

"Oh not this again. We don't have time." Leo irritably tells him.

"You guys go on ahead." Larri tells them. "I will take care of Misao." They all nodded as they headed off. "You know Misao. If the princess and Yamato confess there love.""

"So what?! How is that suppose to cheer me up?!" Misao cries.

"It means the spell would be broken. We'll all be human again. That means millions of girls will be all over you."

"Really?!" Misao looks up.

"Oh naturally. A big heart throb like you. You can win any girls heart with ease."

"Yeah, you're right. I can. Thanks Larri." Misao gets up. As he heads off. "Guys, wait for me."

Larri just folded her arms and watched the youngsters direction. "Kids these days."

Outside on the balcony, Sera was dying slowly . . .

"I am just. . . so happy . . . I got to see you. . . .One . . .last . . .time." Sera tells Yamato, a few tears had dropped from her face.

"Don't say things like that . . . We get you healed up. You'll see." Yamato tells her as he held her hand. Sera knew it was too late. The wound on her body was too deep. Nothing was going to heal her. She quickly touched her hand to his face. Just so she can feel him one last time. Yamato touches it.

"Goodbye . . . Yamato." Sera weakly tells him as she quickly let's go and she closes her eyes. She was no longer breathing.

Tusk, Leo, Amu, and Misao quickly made it to the balcony. They realized they were too late. All looked on with horror at what was happening. Amu put her head to Tusk's shoulder. Trying to hide her face. He rubbed her back, gently. He was crying too. This time he didn't care if anyone saw him. Misao sat down and hugged his knees. Leo didn't seem to do anything. Then he let out a loud roar. It was one of sadness. They didn't care about the curse, the fact their best friend was dead. They're beloved princess. It was too much for them.

"NO! Please don't leave me." Yamato cries out as he hold her dead body close to his as he whispered. "I love you."

Little did everyone know, Yamato had confessed his love to her right before the last petal fell on the magical rose? Sera began to glow as her feet, hands and finally her face all transformed back into her human self. Before she is gently put back on the ground. Yamato looks over; he didn't know what was going on. After all the light blinded him from seeing her transformation.

The magic also affected everyone else that was transformed by the Enchantress. Tusk, Amu, Leo and Misao also all glowed in a bright light as they slowly transformed back into humans. They all touched each others faces, pointing and looking at each other. After all they pretty much forgot what each other looked like.

Sera sat up as she looked at her hands. They were human again. She touched her face. She was alive. The curse was lifted. She looked over at Yamato. He looked confused on who the person in front of him was, after all he had never seen her when she was human. He had to try to tell him, they were the same person.

"Yamato, there's no need to worry. It's okay. It's me." Sera sweetly tells him. She bashfully looks at Yamato, not knowing what more to say. After all she didn't know what to say. He did return her feelings, it was his love for her that revived her and broke the spell on the castle.

Yamato touched her face as he looked into her eyes. He after all wasn't sure about the girl in front of him now being the Sera he knew. They were the same one's was that he remembered in the portrait he saw. The same beautiful eyes.

"It really is you?!" Yamato tells her.

Yamato and Sera slowly leaded in and passionately kissed. Sera put her hands around his neck as Yamato held her by the waist. A light fell upon the castle. The curse was being lifted completely. As the blackened castle turned back to white. The wilted flowers bloomed and became colorful again.

As Yamato and Sera released themselves from their kiss. Tusk, Leo, Amu and Misao ran to the balcony. So happy to be back in their human forms.

"Princess, you're alive!" Tusk, Amu, Leo all called out in joy.

"Tusk! Amu! Leo! Misao!" Sera called out to all of them. Yamato let go of her shoulder, he smiled as she let her go over to their friends. As they all go into a group hug. "Look at us. We're human again!"

"Come on, Yamato!" Everyone ran over to him as they included him in their group hug.

Author's Note: I confess, I pretty much cried writing this . . . it was so beautiful. Plus this story is nearly over. All I have left is the Epilogue. And I don't want it to end. It's such a great story! Yamato and Sera are just meant for each other. Just writing when they FINALLY kiss makes me so happy.

I also thought it was sweet to include Yamato in the hug. After all he is a part of the group. They're all going to be friends for life.

The reason I didn't have Larri appear in this chapter is because I am not sure of what his human form should look like. He may appear briefly in the Epilogue.

SERIOUSLY! LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS CHAPTER!!