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Chapter 28 – Epilogue
A/N: Hello, Ennun here; just wanted to thank all of you for being here and reading my story, commenting on it, subscribing it, favoring it and overall, being honest with me from beginning to end. If you didn't like something, you told me, if I misspelled something, you took the time to correct me… I honestly am the luckiest author on this site for having you all here. Thank you. Enjoy the last chapter.
Kanda had his gaze focused on the sky. He was enjoying the warmth of the sun, something he was very rarely able to do nowadays. He shifted a bit when he heard running and laughter coming his way. He took one hand from beneath his head and looked at the time before standing up in sitting position. He yawned and rubbed his head, slowly rearranging his hair. He got up, shook his pants and turned around just in time to catch a six-year old little girl in his arms.
"You'll trip if you run so fast, you know; dummy" The girl laughed and hugged him by the neck as a four-year old also came and tugged on his pants "Me too!" Kanda ched and bent down to take the other child in his arms "Yuu, don't push yourself!" The man looked to his left and saw Lenalee come along with a basket in her hands. "I'm not" he said as he stood up, both kids in his hands.
"Shall we get going then?" "Yes!" both kids answered in unison, jumping and making Kanda lose his balance a bit. The two started running ahead, playing tag along the way. "Anita! Allen! Don't run too fast ok!?" The children looked back and yelled a powerful and cheerful "Yes" before resuming their game.
Lenalee smiled and moved closer to Kanda, taking him by the hand. As always, he said nothing but held her tightly, as if afraid that if he let go, she'll vanish forever.
The four of them reached a lake where they set up a picnic. "Dinner time!" Lenalee yelled, instantly catching the attention of the small children. They came running, one crashing next to the woman, the other sitting in Kanda's lap. "Mommy, can I swim in the lake later?" "Only if Yuu goes with you" The girl instantly turned her pleading puppy face to Kanda "Please daddy!?" He wanted to refuse but… who could say no to an almost crying little girl? So he mentally slapped himself and said "Fine"
About an hour after eating, Kanda and Anita entered the lake, while Lenalee staid with a sleeping little Allen on shore. She was stroking the boy's hair and watching the ones in the water while playing with her necklace. Kanda gave it to her about nine years ago, after most of the remaining akuma were killed. They had the permission to go home, but she no longer had a home to return to so when the samurai asked her if she wanted to travel with him, she accepted right away. And after a few months, their friendship slowly turned into way more.
She giggled remembering the day when Kanda had proposed to her. He had been walking from shop to shop, looking for something to give her but said nothing was worthy of her. He instead gave her a golden necklace with a small lotus flower, a small 'K' and 'L' carved on the back. He didn't remember what those were from, but 'K' from Kanda and 'L' from Lenalee was the only thing he could figure.
Of course she accepted as soon as he popped the question. And obviously, the boy had quite some trouble gathering the courage to tell Komui. He was sure the man would kill him, but to everyone's astonishment, he was quite happy for them. Kanda was so shocked by the man's reaction he couldn't speak for the rest of the day.
After they got married, the two continued traveling, once a month killing some akumas that had remained alive; and three years later, when Kanda was twenty three and Lenalee was twenty one, they settled down in Japan, after finding out she was pregnant. Two years after Anita was born, Lenalee gave birth to another child, this time a boy, who they named after their, yes, Kanda's too, best friend, Allen.
The woman watched as Kanda and Anita got out of the lake, shoving some towels over them and enjoying the sun's warmth.
By the time they left, the sky had turned from blue to red, orange and yellow, pink and purple. The children had fallen asleep five minutes after leaving the lakeside, now enjoying the ride in their parent's hands. Lenalee was holding Allen while Kanda had Anita in one hand and the basket in another; and yet that didn't stop the two adults from holding each other's hands.
Lenalee tugged the kids into bed, kissed their foreheads and left the room to go get Kanda. "Yuu, let's go to sleep" The man opened his eyes and turned around to see the woman stand in the door of the living room. He stared at her for a few seconds then stood up from his meditating position, joining her in the bedroom.
It was around five or six in the morning when Kanda woke up. He sat up; first glancing at Lenalee, then looking around the room, wondering what it was that woke him up. He then heard the distinct sound of laughter coming from the children's room. Considering the time, it was a bit odd that the kids would be up, especially since they usually woke up late in the weekends.
Kanda got out of bed slowly and carefully as to not wake his wife, and then proceeded in heading to the children's room. When he got next to the door, he stopped, curious about what they were so cheerful about so early in the day.
"Shh, you'll wake up your parents" Kanda instantly froze, and not because there was someone else in the room, but because he knew that voice very well, and hearing it now, after such a long time was simply unbelievable.
"Thank you for the presents" Anita said as she shifted back in bed. "You are welcomed" A few seconds of silence were interrupted by the girl's now sleepy voice "Say uncle…" "Yes, what is it?" the man asked as he sat on the bed, next to the two children "Why don't you want to talk to mommy and daddy?" Truth be told, Kanda was also curious about this, especially since he hadn't even known if the man had survived the war.
"Let's see, I don't want to cause any trouble?" The girl shifted in bed a bit "But you come and play with us a lot of times!" Allen said a bit too loud, making his sister jump a bit "Shh, don't be so loud. Yes, I come and play with you, and I'll continue to come, and maybe at some point into the future, I'll also visit your parents. But right now I believe it's time for you to sleep, am I right?"
The kids murmured a "yes" as the man slipped away next to the window. "Will you sing?" The man giggled and started whistling a very familiar lullaby that made the kids instantly fall asleep. The man, however, sang until the end. When the song was over, for a few seconds, a bright light came from within the room. When Kanda opened the door a minute later, the children were the only ones inside. Nothing seemed out of place, except a small box of chocolate and two little toys. He took one in his hands, a little puppet with a pink dress, then turned around to look at the other toys the children had. He didn't remember buying at least a quarter of them and this explained it.
After putting the two new puppets next to the others and checking on the kids, just to be sure, he went outside, enjoying the morning freshness and the early rising sun. The wind softly blew by, making a disturbing sound on the way. Kanda turned his gaze to the direction of the noise and saw the swing. The ropes were a bit old and were now making an annoying sound so he had decided to replace them, but he never got the chance. "Better now than never…"
"Yuu, what are you doing up there? Are you fixing the swing?" Kanda turned around and gazed down to see Lenalee standing in the door with a pile of clothes. Judging by the sound of it, the kids were awake too. "Yeah." The woman smiled and went in but came back a brief second later "Do you want some tea before we leave?" "Whatever"
After a quick breakfast, a train ride, crossing the sea and yet another longer train ride, the family arrived in China, where Marie and a hyperactive Komui were waiting to greet them. "Lenalee! My sweet sister, how have you been!?" "Hello brother I-" "Uncle Komui!" The man bent down and held out his hands to catch the children and jump around with them "Anita! Allen! I haven't seen you in a while! My, how you've grown!"
Marie and Kanda took the luggage and they all went back to the house where Miranda and another beautiful lady, Lan, were waiting for them with a large table filled with food. From upstairs, a seven-year old boy, Ken, and a little five-year old girl, Sarah, came down to play with the other two kids. The adults chatted, drank and had some fun until the morning. At some point in the night, Tiedoll and Timothy, who brought with him a very charming young lady by the name of Leyla, came and joined the party.
Of course the children didn't want to go to bed, but they fell asleep on the couches in the living room. Kanda and Timothy took them to bed and then went back to the other adults that were still asleep. Well, calling Timothy an adult was a bit much considering he was barely twenty. Before the two entered the kitchen, the boy stopped "Oh yeah, Kanda, I have something for you; wait a second will ye?" The man stopped and turned around, leaning against the wall as Timothy searched his pockets. "Thanks for reminding me, Tsukikami"
Kanda watched as the boy handed out a golden box "It's locked" he said. The man took it and studied it a bit then looked back at the boy "What's this?" Timothy smirked eyed the box "You know he's alive right? I'd say it's pretty obvious" Kanda was now looking at the teen, nodding "He asked me to give it to you" "You saw him!?"
Timothy started walking again, going to the others "You could say that"
In the morning, Kanda decided waiting for someone to wake up from the probably huge hangover, was a stupid idea, so he took all four children and went to town. Eating, shopping and running around tired him up, so Kanda decided to take them into a park. He finally had the chance to sit on a bench and watch Anita and Allen play with Ken and little Sarah and other children as well.
At some point, he got the golden box and started doing anything he could think of to open it up, but it was shut. He got pissed as hell and threw it into his pocket, deciding that watching the kids would be way more refreshing and calming. He watched as Anita and Ken talked to a little boy, then making a sand castle. The three children played in the sand a few minutes, then Anita got up to call her father to see the castle they made.
Kanda was, in all honesty, really tired, so he decided better then to go to them to just smile and nod. The girl obviously understood the message and went back to building a hanger for the supposed horses the king had. Kanda continued to watch Anita play when he noticed the third boy was staring at him. He sharpened his gaze but the boy didn't budge, instead, he smiled and went back to the sand castle.
At one point, Allen and Sarah both came and started complaining about being hungry. "Anita, Ken, let's go" The children in question got up and went to Kanda, waving back at the boy. The man, while waiting for the kids to gather their toys, looked back at the short brown-haired boy, as a lady, probably his sister, came to get him also.
He did not expect however, to hear You know how to in his head. Looking a bit in shook, he noticed the small boy smile at him. "You…" Kanda watched the boy bring a finger to his mouth, smiling in an understanding way. The lady that was with him also smiled at him, then left.
When they were back at the house, Kanda looked at the box, then took Mugen out, for the first time in a long long while, slashing the golden thing in two. Something flew out, spinned around the room and landed on his head. "Tim!?"
The golden golem snuggled in the man's shoulder, and then opened his mouth to let out a message.
"Hello, BaKanda…"
A/N: Thank you for reading until now, for supporting the story, for reviewing it and never giving up on it! Thank you for your suggestions and your honesty and thank you for being the most amazing readers in the world!
I am really thankful to all of you for your wonderful comments and for making me feel so happy!
I am not sure If I will ever make another story this long, I will be making some one-shots, probablymaybenotreally. But if I ever decide to write something like this again, I hope to see you all there again! (Also, today is my birthday _ 18th of October, just so you know) - Thank you for the wishing :D
Your present to me is you being here. My thanking to you is this chapter and this very long a/n.
P.s: Yes, the small boy was in fact Allen, and the girl was Road. :D
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