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"I'm sure I'll love him, daughter. If you love him, I'll love him too."

Yuffie grinned cheekily from the tips of her toes to the top of her forehead. "I don't know, Mama… I mean, I think he's the best, but sometimes I feel like I'm the only one."

Yuffie's mother stuck out her tongue in an uncanny mirror of her daughter. "Yuffie. Stop worrying. Godo didn't seem to have much of a problem with him when they met."

"Yeah, but only after threatening to castrate him with chopsticks!" The two women dissolved into laughter at that.

Even through her laughter, Yuffie's stomach was in knots. It had been years since she had been able to be close to Reno, to poke him and grab his hands and kiss his lips. What if he didn't love her anymore? What if their spark wasn't still there? What would they do then? Awkwardly drift off to different corners of the Lifestream to live out their eternities without each other? The ninja felt the familiar tearing pain through her chest. That was all the indication she needed.

She was still completely, undeniably, head-over-heels for the stupid, sexy, red-headed Turkey.

"I can't believe he's coming so soon…" Yuffie whispered it mostly to herself, but her mother still heard it.

"I'll leave you to have your reunion with him. I can meet him later." She smiled and waved slightly before disappearing, leaving Yuffie lost in her thoughts and memories.

Sixty-one years had passed. Reno was the first of her friends to be joining her in the Lifestream. Cid and Barrett were still hanging on, which Yuffie thought was a little miraculous; although they had helped save the world multiple times so maybe it wasn't so astounding. All of her friends, AVALANCHE and Turks alike, were enjoying the comforts of old age and close family and friends. Except for Yuffie's company, obviously. But every year, they still got together on her birthday and the anniversary of her death. Or Tifa's resurrection, whichever way one chose to see it.

Yuffie thought it was corny and sweet all at once. She watched over them from the Lifestream, giggling at the crazy memories they brought up on those reunions, sighing whenever Reno got too depressed, and trying to work up some upset that he never seemed to move on from her. It never worked. Yuffie was a selfish creature when it came to her Turk, and self-sacrifice hadn't done anything to change that.

She closed her eyes, and focused on Reno. He was getting ready for bed, and Yuffie knew that tonight was the night. He would be falling asleep in his own bedroom and waking up in the Lifestream.

The seconds ticked by, and Yuffie realized she was holding her breath. Her whole body was tensed as if she was about to assault or be assaulted. In her mind's eye, she watched his face, wrinkled with age and still unconditionally familiar. His jaw relaxed, his lips curving into a smile as he shut his eyes firmly. He knew it too. Knew that he would be returning to the Planet soon. Returning to Yuffie.

As Yuffie continued to gaze at his handsome face, she realized she didn't need to concentrate so intently on its vision in her subconscious. Slowly, that face was coming into focus in her actual realm. As Reno solidified before her, as he opened his eyes to focus them on her form, Yuffie smirked.

"Dying in you sleep? What a lame way to go."

Reno raised an eyebrow. "Shut it, brat, just fucking kiss me already."

Yuffie needed no further urging. She flung herself into his arms, arms that were just as young as they had been when she had sacrificed herself and left him.

Before the Turk could get another word in, she slammed her lips against his, kissing him for all she was worth, attempting to pour sixty-one years of waiting into one long moment.

When she forced herself to pull away from him, he looked somewhat baffled. "How am I young again, yo?"

Yuffie grinned and stuck out her tongue. "Turkey, babe, you're just stuck in your twenties at heart. You never matured past that."

Reno lunged for her, swatting her behind. "I should kick your ass for that, princess!"

"But it's true, and you know it!" Yuffie half-heatedly attempted to wriggle out of his grasp, only managing to squirm deeper into his arms.

Laughing, the pair collided again in a kiss. They seemed to fall into each other, falling together, nothing changed after all the years apart except for a deepening in their passion.

As they separated, Yuffie smiled radiantly up at Reno. "Ready?" She asked.

The redhead quirked an eyebrow. "For what?"

"Silly Turkey… The beginning of the rest of our lives. Or existences, or whatever you want to call it."

Reno smirked back at her, brushing a stray bang from her stormy eyes, sparkling with happiness. His nerves seemed to tingle with every touch to her skin. "Yuff… I've been ready for the past sixty-one years." He brushed his lips against hers softly, before whispering, "Besides, I've got enough pent-up sexual need to last an entire lifetime, so we better get started."

"Reno!!"

.Fin.

AN: Lovely Reviewers, this has been an awesome ride, but now it is over! I hope this epilogue, for all its shortness, was enough of a happy ending for you and I reaalllyyy hope you enjoyed it XD

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I hope the ending didn't seem too abrupt, but I kinda like the time-jump to oh-yay-happiness-they're-together XD that's just how I roll. Lemme know what you think, and hopefully I'll see all of you in the future, either writing your own stuff or reading more of mine XD

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