Akito and Shigure, for me, are essentially finished. Sure, they're going to have a lot of problems but hoo boy, how is Takaya going to be possibly deal with twenty years of guilt, hatred, abuse, and loads of other problems in a few dinky chapters? I think not. If anything, Akito and Shigure would probably need their own personal series to make a dent on their relationship.

-_- I love Akito/Shigure as much as the next person, but seriously people. This series started out with Tohru, Kyo, and Yuki. It was going to end with two of the three whether you like it or not.

I heard the rumour, and it may have had something to do with satisfying herself with the knowledge that she had the ending that fitted her series rather than the ending that fitted fan's expectations.

Alternate endings are fine and dandy with me overall; I usually just choose the ending I like best and go from there. Or figure that it's an alternate universe where I can wreak havoc with if I want. XD