Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Blood and Amber ❯ Epilogue ( Epilogue )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
Kaoru smiled at her friends. Tsubame and Tae had come from the Akabeko to celebrate tonight, and Megumi and Sanosuke had come to celebrate their anniversary as well.
"HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!" they chorused. It had been a long time since Kenshin and kaoru's wedding. In that time, they had had a beautiful son.
"Kenji, come to auntie!" Megumi said.
"You already have one! Let me hold him!" Sanosuke said. Megumi transferred the baby in her arms to Sanosuke. He held his daughter gentely.
"There, now you have one too." Sanosuke mock glared at her.
"Not fair! Can't I hold my nephew?"
"No, he wants his daddy." Kenshin said, gentely taking his son from Megumi. She let him go.
"Too true- he looks so much like you Kenshin." Tae said. Tsubame nodded.
"You think so? Maybe our next child will look more like me..." Kaoru said.
"You... again?" Tae said, dumbfounded.
"No! It's just, when we do have another! Not right now." Kaoru said, blushing. Kenshin smiled at her.
"Maybe so, Kaoru. Maybe our next child will look more like you. How soon do you want to find out? In nine months?" Kaoru blushed and lightly smacked her husband.
"No, maybe in another year. We have nothing but time." she said. Yahiko fidgeted in his seat, then suddenly spoke.
"May I speak to you all?" Megumi nodded, puzzled.
"Sure. Talk. That's what we're doing." she said. Yahiko let a bit of a frown cross his face, but then wiped it off quickly.
"Ummm... my 15th birthday was earlier this year. I'm of legal age with guardians permission..." he started. Sano's eyebrow raied.
"So? What's that have to do with anything?" he asked.
"Well..." Yahiko was red at this point. Tsubame - who was sitting right next to him- was as well, but no one noticed until the quiet girl spoke.
"Yahiko and I want to get married." she said softly, taking Yahiko's hand gentely. "We need our guardians permission to do it, though." The adults seemed frozen in shock.
"Whoa..." Sanosuke said, surprised.
"About time." Megumi said, getting over the shock. Kaoru nodded, smiling wickedly.
"So I was right! You do love her!" she said triumphantly. Yahiko blushed deeper.
"You have my permission." Kenshin said to Yahiko, smiling softly at the boy. Yahiko looked up.
"Th- Thanks, Kenshin." he said, 100% sincere. Tsubame nodded.
"Thank you very much Kenshin-san." she said.
"Go and get married. You probably want to start planning soon, right?" Megumi asked. Yahiko and Tsubame nodded.
"I haven't given my permission yet." Tae said. The two lovebirds looked at her anxiously while the adults looked on expectantly.
"Please Tae-san? I do love Yahiko, and I know he loves me. Can we please be allowed to wed?" Tsubame asked. Tae smiled.
"Okay. Young love.... ah, how wonderful! I want to help plan, though!" she warned. Yahiko and Tsubame were so happy they were still for almost a full minute before hugging each other fiercely, having all the permission they needed to become husband and wife, not just boyfriend and girlfriend.
"This is the happiest day of my life." Tsubame said, nuzzling Yahiko's chest.
"Hm. Mine too, I guess. You'll say the same thing on our wedding day, when you get married to the second greatest swordsman in Japan. Kenshin's still the best." Kenshin acceppted the praise modestly, nodding his head in agreement.
"Get a room, you two. Or maybe we should seperate you two- none of that before the wedding, after all..." Sanosuke said thoughtfully. Megumi smacked him, a mock glare on her face- she couldn't stay mad at her husband for long. He took the hit and pretended to glare back.
"What was that for, Fox?" he asked, pretending to be mad.
"You know what that was for! Tonight you sleep on teh couch for that comment!" Sano's playfully mad expression was gone, replaced by what could havce been shock.
"You wouldn't do that to me, would you?"
"No, I wouldn't." Yahiko and Tsubame were very quiet, and taking red to a higher level than ever before with their blushes.
"Okay... let's plan the new wedding tomorrow, then." Kaoru said happily. Kenshin nodded.
"Congratulations, you two."
"Thank you." Yahiko said.

That night, Kaoru smiled as she and her husband climbed into bed together.
"Ah... everything is just as it should be." she said. "We have a son. Yahiko- my best student- is getting married to Tsubame, the girl he loves. Megumi and Sanosuke- my best friends- are married and have a daughter. We're married with a son. Life can't get any better than this. This is how it is meant to be."
"Aa, I agree." Kenshin said, hugging her tightly to him. "This was our destiny the day we met."
"It was. It's so nice when I can go to sleep each night with you beside me." Kaoru kissed Kenshin and blew out the candle next to the bed.
Now that everything was as it should be, the only thing left was to keep teaching and keep Kenshin by her side. Her ideal life was now hers to live however she chose. No longer did she wonder what each day would bring in terms of her love life, but instead she wondered how to make the most out of what she knew would be coming. Life only lasted a while, and now she had Kenshin to share it with, forever and for always.

Whew. That lasted a lot longer than I thought it would. Thanks everyone for reading it- sorry these final chappies took so long. Everythings finished here- maybe I'll coem out with another one, but I don't think so. Thanks again for reading it!