Sadly, here is the actual final "chapter" of the story. But there's good news…Can you say SEQUEL? After all, I've got to do my annual Christmas fic, right? Boo-yah!

Anyway, thank you from the bottom of my sappy heart for all your support, your kind reviews, and for your exceeding patience in riding the Miyazaki wave with me! It was a bumpy ride, but we hung ten and came in to shore! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Domo arigato!

One more thing: This epilogue reveals that Ame is a Hanson fan! Mwahahahaha! Seriously, I have their Christmas CD, Snowed In; we've had it for years, so it's totally near and dear to my heart, like Hanson! (sigh) Oh, and it snows on the Islands as a special pre-Christmas treat!

"Hip, hip, hooray for Christmas vacation!"—Mavis Staples, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (it's the theme song)

Epilogue: Miracle of Snow
"That's what Christmas means to me, my love," Ame sang at the top of her lungs, "Christmas means to me, my love!"

She was in the kitchen, helping her long-time maid Millie to prepare delicious yuletide treats for the family; Riku was out Christmas shopping with Aang, their five-year-old son. In the living room, Hanson were singing the praises of the season on their entertainment system.

"Here, Mommy!" piped Lenne, their eight-year-old daughter, "I colored the frosting for you!"

"Good job, sweetie!" Ame smiled back. The doorbell rang.

"I'll get it!" gasped Lenne as she trotted off in her warm long-sleeved dress, her knee-length brown hair bouncing behind her.

"She looks more like you every day," Millie smiled. Ame blushed with happiness and fiddled with her ponytail.

Lenne skipped to the Japanese-style foyer/shoe space, where the front door was; she was still humming to the music with a hereditary, happy pale pink blush when she swung the door open.

"Hi!" she chirped with her eyes happily closed, "Can I he—" She opened her eyes and stopped short, her blue orbs widening and her blush deepening.

A thirteen-year-old boy was standing there in the rarely-fallen snow, wearing a thick yet slimming black winter coat with a long horizontal-striped scarf around his neck (gold and dark red) and snowflakes settling on his brownish-gold hair with a ready laugh in his sparkling brown eyes.

"Hello, princess," he said in a very princely voice, "Is your mother at home?" Lenne was surprised; he had a strange accent!

"Oh!" she snapped out of it, "Oh, yes! Please come in!"

"Thank you," he smiled and stepped in, "You're very kind."

"You can take off your shoes in here," she directed, unable to keep her eyes off him, "There's a coat rack in the living room. Millie's making hot cocoa! Would you like some?"

"I'd love some!" he beamed with a sparkling smile. Lenne blushed with wide eyes again.

"I-I'll take you to my mom now," she stammered, holding his wrist. He chuckled another thank you.

"Mom?" Lenne called.

"Yes, honey?" Ame responded. Lenne pressed her hands together with an embarrassed red face and bowed her head.

"There's someone here to see you!" she said profusely. Ame came out of the kitchen.

"Oh, really? Who--?" she started to say, but froze in her tracks. Lenne stared curiously at her mother; the boy gave Ame a soft, fond smile. Ame covered her mouth with one hand as tears crept into her eyes.

"Long time no see," he said affectionately, "Miss Water."

Author's Review:
Gosh, I can just hear all you fangirls crying and squealing with shock and joy! Seriously, I can! Yeesh! Come on; you must have at least suspected I'd do something like this!

And don't worry; I won't be away for long. I'm already working on my first-ever KINGDOM HEARTS CHRISTMAS STORY! It's gonna rock, I just know it! Now, then…

Yes, Lenne was named after Riku's beloved departed babysitter, Lenne (who is the Lenne from Final Fantasy, which most of you know). Aang was named after Avatar Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender, obviously.

And did y'all notice Christopher Robin's scarf? (whispering) Gryffindor colors! (wink)

That's it for this time, and unfortunately, that's also it for this story. I'm kinda sad to end it, but all stories must end sometime. Besides, I've got other ideas to put into writing! I'm working on what I hope will be a butt-kicking Christmas fic! I've written one Christmas story before, for Teen Titans. Any fans of such are by all means welcome to read it! I've also written a parody of a Weird Al Christmas song in the style of Organization 13. It's pretty funny, I think.

So…yeah. I hope you'll enjoy my other works and I hope you'll return for my first Kingdom Hearts Christmas adventure! (Only it won't actually be an adventure, just really fun!)

Until then, you have my thoughts, my love, and my prayers…and this complimentary plate of cookies! (bowing humbly) Thank you all from my heart for your support. Please regard me kindly.

Affectionately Yours,
-samuraistar =^.^= (mrow)