Finally, Maria's love for Shadow drove her to give up her life and her ambition of visiting Earth in order to save him from the military. However, when she returned home, she found out that Shadow had abandoned her for his mission. This made Maria very sad and angry at once. She decided to go back to Earth to kill Shadow once and for all. Meanwhile, on Earth, after Shadow killed many of the soldiers guarding the ship that carried him to Mars, he was confronted by Maria who had returned with a group of soldiers to kill him. However, before they could shoot him, Shadow stabbed himself with his own knife so he would not be able to hurt Maria anymore. He then told Maria that even though he didn't love her, he still cared about her and wished he could have saved her. With that, he died. After Shadow's death, Maria felt guilty for leaving him but knew that he had done it for her own good. At least he got to live his life without fear of being killed by humans. In the end, Shadow did love Maria but he loved her enough to let her go so she could fulfill her destiny. Even though they were only together for a short time, they showed each other that true love exists within everyone no matter what type of person they are.