Question Regarding the Ending (Spoilers)

Yeah, I was unsure of that as well. But its an open ended thing really. Film makers like doing that, to make you think and whatnot. It does seem that the Soldats would have them killed since they know so much, and it was hinted at the end. But it could go either way.

I think the gun shots are supposed to represent shots coming from Kirika and Mireille returning to their assasin jobs..

No, they didn't die.

The gunshots are from Mireille's and Kirika's guns (Kirika's is in the lava, she'll need to get another first...)

The two *faded out*. The episode was over. The watch isn't sitting on the stone, it's in Mireille's purse.

There were no Soldats waiting in ambush.

The shots are a symbol, either of ending or beginning. Or both - ending with the Soldats and striking out on their own. But watch the closing credits sequence *carefully*. There are spoilers in it that you won't recognize as spoilers until you've seen the series.

(There's even an insight to the closing credits from the voice actors in the funny commentary on DVD4.)

Basically, the girls are still in business, still together, and much closer than they ever were in the series. Whether they're still Noir - they have earned the name, and are bonded as the True Noir, but they're not subject to the Soldats. I think it's a good chance that purging the evil of the Soldats is their primary goal now.

As for a suicide pact - which I've seen suggested - Kirika lost her death wish in the lava pit, when she learned of Mireille's feelings. Mireille abandoned her oath to kill Kirika when she found the letter, and learned of Kirika's.

(
Before the letter, to herself: "I will kill you, Kirika."

After the letter:
Breffort: Do you mean to fight the entire world alone?
Mireille: Not necessarily alone.
)