*sniff...sniff...* I can't believe it's actually over! Well...read it for me and tell me what you think. Jeminie Yuy here, signing off completely at the beginning of the Epilogue.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing, or the tiny traces of Yu Yu Hakusho and Ranma 1/2.

Orbs of Emerald

Epilogue: A Kiss of Orbs

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"So, that's it?" I asked Rei as we stood there in the living room, looking at the others as they listened to Rei's explanation. Basically explaining all she had told me already.

"Yes," Rei smiled. "That's it, Jem. You've done well."
"I couldn't have done it without Heero," I smiled at him. My clothes had changed into the same flowing robes that Rei wore, only in a beautiful pastel green.

"Of course not," Rei chuckled. "He was Jon's promise."
"WHAT?!" shouted the entire room.

"The last words Jon said to me," I said, narrowing my eyes in concentration.

"I will see you in heaven, you beautiful angel, you," Jonathon repeated for me.

"The promise was hidden within his final words," Rei explained. "You see, love is often defined as heaven and the girl of the couple is called the angel. Jon wasn't telling you he'd see you in the afterlife-"
"He was telling me that I'd meet my knight!" I shouted in realization.
"Bingo! Bingo! You win the prize!" cried a sprightly voice.
"Botan, what are you doing here?" Rei asked, scowling at a cerulean-haired girl who had entered the room.

"Your new guardian opened the Gates, if you can't recall," the girl answered. "And I just wanted to come and meet the new Grim Reaper for this dimension."
"Who?" I asked.

"Why, Duo Maxwell, of course!" she answered, nearly bouncing off the ceiling in joy. "You see, when you gave your friends access to their godly powers, they were each given a new task. I just wanted to come and see my new partner."

"I'm the real Grim Reaper now?" Duo shouted. "Jem!"

"Sorry, buddy," I shrugged. "I didn't know. So what does this make me?"

"The ruler of the Spirit World, of course," Botan answered. "Your equivalent is King Yama."
"Uh...can we just be normal people still?" I asked grimly.
"Yes, you can create replacements for yourselves in the Spirit World, of course, but you are always welcome to visit it," Botan answered. "Anyways, I had better get back. My charge, Yusuke Urameshi, should be coming out of her possession soon enough. Good luck, everybody!" She flew off again and I shook my head.

"I hope she doesn't come back here, she is the worst example of a Grim Reaper if I ever saw one," Rei shook her head in disgust.

"You said it," Duo groaned. "Do I have to be the Grim Reaper?"
"No," I answered. "I'll rally a group for the Spirit World." I used my mind and ordered the fates to replace my friends with others in our place. We were free of other worldly duties.

I sighed and sank onto the couch.
"Guys, remind me from now on not to get mixed up in things I don't understand," I moaned into my hands.
"It's a done deal, sis," Jon replied, rolling his eyes.

I shrank out of my robes and back into my jeans, T-shirt, and jacket.
"I'm going for a walk," I said. "I need to think." I was gone in a flash.
"Aren't you going after her, Heero?" Jon and Duo asked in unison. They exchanged strange looks, but did nothing more.
Heero left without another word.

The woods embraced us both, as I knew I was being followed by Heero, but I ran. He picked up his pace and raced after me. It became a game more than anything and when he finally caught me, we were both laughing in exhaustion.
"Jem?" Heero asked, holding my shoulders in his grasp so I wouldn't "escape".

"Yeah, Heero?"

"Why me?"

I smiled at him and hugged his neck. I whispered my reply.
"Fate wasn't mine to decide until now, Heero. I love you because you're my other half. You're the Keeper of my Heart."

He smiled. Then did the one thing I would never had expected.

He kissed me. Pressing my lips against his softly, he simply held me, neither deepening nor ending the precious kiss that held only the love he held. Time seemed to stop around us as he finally released me.

"I don't care what anyone says," he whispered quietly. "It's your Orbs of Emerald that rule me now."
"Is that so?" I asked jokingly. "Then perhaps I should say the same about your eyes, but there is one problem."

"And what's that?"

"Your face almost never reflects your eyes," I grinned. "Smile for me, a true smile with your eyes and you countenance."
He smiled, the windows to his soul lighting up and his face along with it.
"Now there is the true perfection of my Orbs of Azure," I said quietly.

"I wonder what the others are doing now?" he murmured as he held me closer, burying his face into my hair.

"I know what Rei and Jonathon are doing," I chuckled lightly. "Almost exactly what we are. It seems that Rei gave an indirect order to the fates to give her a soul mate too. I guess my brother was the perfect candidate."

"If he's anything like you, he is perfect."

His lips pressed to mine once again, this time a passionate, love-filled one that I will never forget.

***

And so it was. Dirken was defeated, forever, never to be seen again. Jem and Heero were together as one, two separate entities becoming one as the Orbs themselves had become. And it seemed that Rei and Jon had their own little love beginning to blossom as well.

The boys who had once piloted machines of death had once again made peace for all. Although there had been thousands of casualties, there was now an ultimate peace that would reign until the Orbs found a new Master.

Then, who knows. Perhaps the righteous leader whom Jem prophesized shall come along and have the same peace of mind as the Orbs' first and second Guardians, but should there come a time where peace has become scarce, you can know that Jeminie Renai Kinde will be on the case.

And, with the fate of the world decided, this story has now become complete.