White Rose Beauty and the Red Rose Beast pt. 8

It was the warmth of someone or something living. She looked at the Prince's body that had grown cold in her arms wondering what had made him feel so warm. The soft drizzle around them and the others had soaked through their clothes and through their hair and bones. She continued watching him as a soft pink color rose into his cheeks. Softly, she gasped. Then, the body began softly glowing in a golden light and began to shine. Silver smoke arose around her and her love's body sending him to a fantasy world.

Kuronue and the others sensed the soft energy of their Prince they turned and watched in amazement. After a moment they watched as something lay sleeping in Kizna's arms.

Kizna watched unsure of what to think of the situation. Within a few moments more, someone was sleeping in her arms. Her eyes went wide at the sight of the figure. 'The silver hair,' she thought as her eyes ran down the figure's strong body. 'Could he be...' Then, slowly, the sleeping figure opened its golden eyes and locked her in a deep gaze. '...The Youko in my dreams,' her thoughts finished amazed. Tears began to swell in her eyes once more and began to fall as a gentle clawed hand brushed them away.

"Kizna," Kurama whispered as he kissed her remaining tears away.

"Kurama," she whispered back to him shakily as more tears began to fall.

He brought her to her feet the rain water falling from her soaked and dirtied dress as the night's rain fell from his white tunic. Her teary eyed gaze never left his as he stared deep into her eyes. A gentle finger lifted her chin as he leaned down to her and placed a loving kiss on her lips sending shivers through her. As she realized he was real, she wound her arms tightly around his neck as he placed his hands gently around her waist. Her tears slipped from under closed eyelids softly falling to the balcony floor. Gently, Kurama brought a hand up to her face and caressed her tears away. Breaking the kiss, she held him close and buried her face deep into his neck and softly cried.

"Shh," he whispered into her ear softly smiling. "I'm here.. And I always will be."

She softly smiled and continued crying tears of joy.

Kuronue and the others watched the scene before them as they softly cried happily. Yusuke held a sniffling Keiko close as Hiei held a crying Cristy tightly. Then, they felt it. It was the same magic worked upon their Prince to change him back. The gold auras shined around them as the silver smoke swirled.

As the smoke cleared, Kuronue stood and studied the familiar features of his wings, claws, long raven hair, and hat. Happily, he smiled.

Hiei and Cristy looked deep into one another's eyes as they studied one another. Cristy looked happily at her husband as she studied his green skin, many eyes, and his Jagan as Hiei watched her small black fox ears twitch and her black fox tail wag. She threw herself into his arms happily as she realized the man she had fallen in love with had returned. Hiei smiled a rare smile as he held his wife close.

Tangling her fingers in his long cream colored hair and looking deeply into his eyes, Keiko stared at her husband with love as Yusuke gently scratched the small pointed brown dog ears at the top of her head and ran his fingers through her hair.

Kuwabara felt the small orange cat ears on the top of his head twitching and the long orange tail behind him swinging softly in the night air his waist length orange hair billowed in the wind. He smiled a clumsy smile.

Botan smiled happily as she summoned one of her oars. Quickly, she hopped on and flew into the clearing night sky where the stars and moon began to shine once more. She flew around the castle seemingly leaving a trail of shining new stars behind her as she enjoyed the warm night breeze run through her hair and caress her skin. She let out a loud and joyous cry as she flew around the castle one last time.

The castle courtyard gardens were alive with the soft sounds of a demon orchestra serenading the Youko Prince and his bride on the dance floor as many lords and ladies dressed in ball gowns and tuxedos watched on and slowly danced with them. A billion stars hung in the night sky with a crescent moon hanging in the sky. He wore a white tuxedo trimmed in gold as she wore a strapless wedding gown trimmed in silver and a veil strung with beads and pearls with her hair styled in a bun that sat at the top of her head with a silver tiara and veil. He held her close as they danced alone on the dance floor under the eyes of everyone of the guests. She rested her head on his chest smiling softly as he rested his head gently on hers.

They twirled on the dance floor under the sound of a wedding's waltz while in the distance Yusuke and Hiei held their wives close and danced under the shimmering starlight.

"Isn't it wonderful Yusuke?" Keiko asked softly as she and Yusuke danced in a corner of the dance floor. "He looks so happy."

Yusuke nodded.

"Do you remember our wedding Keiko?" Yusuke asked softly as she nodded. "You were very beautiful that night."

Keiko blushed knowing there was something more to his words.

"Pervert," she replied chuckling.

Yusuke let out a small laugh as he held her in his arms. As the music reached a crescendo, he twirled her around once more and dipped her sending a leg into the air. He placed a kiss on her lips as he pulled her back up and held her close slowly dancing the rest of the night.

Hiei and Cristy smirked as they watched Keiko and the Prince dancing in the distances. Hiei pulled her close as she rested her head on his shoulder.

"What a charmer," Cristy smirked as she continued to watch Yusuke and Keiko.

Hiei let out a soft and rare chuckle.

"Hm," he replied amusingly still holding her close as they danced. "I have yet to find out his secret with women."

Cristy giggled.

"They are quite opposite aren't they?" she asked as he nodded. "But who cares.. You don't need his secrets.. You're more charming in my eyes."

Hiei looked down on the smaller woman in his arms and softly smiled.

"You think so?" he asked as she nodded.

"Why wouldn't I think so?" she asked as he shrugged.

She smiled and closed her eyes in pleasure as she and Hiei danced the rest of the night under the starlight.

Botan sighed as she watched everyone dance on the dance floor. She wore an off-shoulder gown trimmed with white with her blue locks in its ponytail the curls she had made for it softly billowing in the warm night air. She sighed again wishing for a partner to join her out on the dance floor. She looked around at the dancing couples and watched as Kuwabara seemed to scare every woman he flirted with away with his ugly looks. She giggled and continued to watch as Kuronue stood by a table serving drinks trying to get every young woman that walked by, by his side only to scare them away with cheap flirtations. She giggled again.

Then she heard it. It was the sound of the soft taps of dress shoes making its way towards her. She turned and locked eyes with a tall and handsome young man with brown hair, brown eyes with a blue pacifier in his mouth and the word "Jr." tattooed on his forehead. He held his hand out to her as she closed her gawking mouth.

"May I have the honor of a dance with a fine young lady with yourself?" he asked still holding his hand out to her.

"I... eh... uh.. The honor would be all mine," she stuttering and blushing as she lost herself in his eyes placing her hand in his.

He pulled her close and lost himself in her rose colored eyes.

"Tell me.. Do you have a name?" he asked softly as they twirled on the dance floor alongside the Prince.

"B-Botan," she stuttered blushing darker. "And.. May I ask for yours?"

The man in her arms chuckled.

"You may call me Koenma," he replied still looking into her eyes. "Tell me.. Why were you alone? A beautiful young lady as yourself should be dancing with every man that comes your way."

Botan blushed brightly and softly giggled. Koenma chuckled along with her. Then, he pulled her closer as she rested her head on his shoulder inhaling his scent. 'Hm..' she thought lovingly as she buried her face in his neck. 'Mint and a light musk.. How wonderful.' Koenma buried his face in her hair and smelled the soft scent. 'Rain and starlight,' he thought smiling to himself still holding her close. 'Wonderful.' They sighed contently in each others arms as they continued to dance in the moonlit gardens.

Kuwabara rubbed the forming red mark on his cheek and sighed painfully. 'Lost another one,' he thought despairingly. 'This evening is gonna suck.'

"Would you like me to heal that mark for you?" as soft voice asked kindly making him turn.

He turned locking eyes with a small young ice maiden with light blue hair and crimson eyes in an ice blue gown. His jaw dropped as he began to blush brightly in her company. Dumbly, he nodded smiling oddly. The small woman reached up to him and placed a hand on his cheek as she began to glow with a warm blue aura. When she was done, he reached up to his cheek and found the mark was gone with the pain missing.

"Do you have a name?" the small woman asked kindly.

"You may call me Kuwabaka.. I mean Kuwabara.. I mean Kazuma.. I mean Kuwabaka-bara-kazuma," he stuttered dumbly as he blushed brighter.

She giggled.

"Which one?" she asked as her giggles subsided.

"Kazuma," he replied blushing brighter nervously scratching his head.

"It's very nice to meet you Kazuma," she began. "My name is Yukina."

"It's very nice to meet you as well," he replied blushing as he kissed a small hand making her blush lightly.

'Maybe this night won't suck after all,' Kuwabara thought happily.

Sighing sadly, Kuronue watched as another woman, rolling her eyes at his flirtations, walked away from him as he continued to fill wine glasses with champagne and punch. 'Well,' he began thinking to himself. 'At least I haven't been slapped yet.. Unlike Kuwabara.' He sweat-dropped as he watched Kuwabara get slapped by another woman. 'Ouch,' he thought as he watched Kuwabara rub his cheek in pain. He looked around the garden courtyard watching the others dance and enjoy the company of a loved one. He sighed again and looked down continuing filling the wine glasses. As he placed a filled glass down onto the white table clothed table, a small pale hand fell on his. Quickly, the hand pulled away as he looked up and found a beautiful young woman.

"Forgive me," she said lightly blushing. "I shouldn't have taken your glass."

Kuronue's mouth hung open as he continued to stare at the girl before him. She wore a black one shoulder gown with a slit in its side going up to the top of her knee. On her feet were black sandaled heels. A simple diamond necklace hung around her neck as a gold bracelet wound around her wrist. Her long black hair hung freely around her middle back with a black fox tail swaying in the warm night air and black fox ears twitching as the music continued playing. Kuronue blinked confusedly as he felt his mouth suddenly shut and a light pressure on his chin.

"Tell me," the woman began looking at him with a gaze of shifting silvers and changing golds as she held his mouth shut. "Why do you stare at me so?"

"Uh..." Kuronue smiling a charming smile began trying to find the words. "With a beauty like yours, I couldn't help but stare."

Kuronue mentally slapped himself. 'Here goes another one,' he thought sadly. 'She'll walk away like the rest of them.' He looked up to see her reaction only to find she hadn't left his side. She giggled and rolled her eyes.

"How amusing," she said softly smiling. "A raven that flirts.. And I thought us foxes were known for that."

"Ah," he countered as she turned away smirking to watch the dancers. "But a fox like you should be known for your beauty."

Her turned back to him with a slight shocked expression on her face. As the meaning of his words sunk in, she began to blush. She turned away again.

"It's true," he said as he took a small hand and placed a kiss on it. "It's very, very true."

She looked deep into his violet eyes blushing brighter. She studied him as her silver eyes flickered between their golds and their silvers. (Author's note: for those that read my other fic "I Dreamed a Dream" this is an o.c. for Kuronue.. You don't have to read about her if you don't want to... and since she has no name can any of you give me suggestions? Preferably a Japanese name?)

Suddenly, he pulled her into his arms her face only centimeters from his.

"Dance with me," he whispered to her as he pulled her out to the dance floor.

"Yes," she whispered back as she settled into his arms.

They twirled around the dance floor under the starlight surrounded by the music and moonlight.

Kurama looked deep into Kizna's eyes as they continued dancing with the rest of the Makai fading around them leaving them in a world of moonlight and starlight. She held him close and buried her face into his neck still unbelieving he was real as he pulled her closer. She looked up to him. He lifted her chin with a free hand and slowly leaned down to her as she leaned up and locked him in a deep kiss under the invisible eyes of the court and stars.

(Author's note: well.. That's the end.. Hope you liked! If you're gonna ask for more, though I doubt you are.. I only know Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, and Rapunzel... I'll let you all decide what you want.)

Possible casts lists:

~Sleeping Beauty:

Sleeping Beauty: Yukina... I decided to make this a Yukina/Kuwabara fic if you want it.. I like to keep a consistency with the pairings in my fics.. So don't suggest something like "It should be Kurama/Yukina." but I will take suggestions like "Make Yusuke Sleeping Beauty and Keiko Princess Charming."

Prince: Kuwabara.. I'd say "Prince Charming" but Kuwabara isn't exactly a prince.. Or is charming.

Queen: Hina.. I have no idea of Hiei and Yukina's father so I'll just leave him out.

Elves and Fairies: Kurama (human with elf ears), Kizna, Botan, Hiei, Yusuke, Keiko, and Youko Kurama ... it is said in the original there were 13 fairies but only about 5-7 were mentioned... But tell me.. Can you see the guys like Hiei with wings?

The gifts of the elves and fairies:

Kurama: Wisdom

Kizna: Kindness

Botan: Laughter

Hiei: will take away the curse of the evil elf or fairy.

Yusuke: Charm.. You do have to admit.. He does have some sort of charm to him.

Keiko: Humility

Youko Kurama: Beauty

Evil Fairy or elf: Ruri.. I think that's how you spell Hina's best friend's name... I'm only using her since she was the one that threw Hiei off the island.

~Snow White:

Snow White: Cristy or Kizna (I'll let you decide for this one too)

Prince: Hiei or Kurama (demon form).... pairings: Hiei/Cristy, and Kurama/Kizna

Dwarves: Hiei (if you don't want him for Prince.. Or I'll just use his full demon form), Yukina, Toguro Ani, Young Genkai, Old Genkai, Ura Urishima (the short guy from the Dark Tournament that turned Kurama back into his Youko form)... Uh.. I need 1 more so if you have suggestions let me know or give me an o.c.

Vain Witch/Queen or in this case King: Karasu.. Well.. If you don't want him.. Have any suggestions?

~Rapunzel

Rapunzel: Kuronue.. Well he does have the longest hair...

Princess Charming: o.c. from the story (black haired fox that's why I asked for name suggestions)

Evil Witch who loves Rapunzel and wants to keep him for herself: to be decided.. But if you have suggestions let me know.

~Rumpelstiltskin

Prince that likes gold: Kurama (Youko)

Girl that "knows" how to spin gold from hay: Kizna

Rumpelstiltskin: Ura Urishima.. *shrugs*

.. Well if you want another one.. Let me know.