CHAPTER 17- ALWAYS AND FOREVER
A few nights later found Kenshin and his friends eating a hearty dinner on the house porch, the only place that wasn't in shambles.
Kaoru sighed wearily. "I wonder how long it'll take to get this place back to normal again."
Yahiko nodded. "Tsubame! More rice!"
Tsubame giggled. "Sure."
Kenshin paused. "Hard to believe that Miss Megumi, Aoshi, and Misao have already left,"
Kaoru nodded. "Yes well, I think all of these adventures have gotten to Megumi a little. Besides, she must be tired of having to keep mending Sanosuke's hand."
Kenshin looked over at her. "Speaking of Sanosuke, where is he? And Jiani as well?"
Kaoru shrugged. "I don't know, but maybe that's in their best interest."
On the other side of town, beneath the sakura trees, Sanosuke and Jiani stood.
Jiani reached out and caught a stray petal with her hand. "When I came here one night almost weeks ago, I hoped that catching a tree's petal would bring me luck." She smiled up at Sanosuke. "It seems to have come true."
Sanosuke sighed. "Yup, it granted luck for the both of us. And Kenshin, Kaoru, and everyone else."
"How's your hand? And your arm?"
"Not bad," he replied. "The arm stings a little, but Megumi gave me some good medicine before she left."
Jiani's face fell and she looked away. "I'm sorry Sano-kun. I'm the one who did this to you after all."
A soft hand reached out and touched her cheek. Sanosuke smiled. "Hey, if you weren't going to come back, you may as well should have killed me. If I couldn't tell you how much I love you, then I'd have been better off dead."
Silence. Then, Jiani burst out laughing. Sanosuke quirked an eyebrow. "Eh? What's so funny?"
She wiped tears of joy from her eyes. "You always amazed me with your ability to say such things."
"What's that mean?"
She smiled, her eyes shining bright. "Well, let me try now." She wrapped her arms around his torso and pressed her head against his chest. "I love you too, Sano-kun."
There, she'd said it. The words she had wanted to spill out for so long had finally spilled out. She waited, wondering what his response would be.
His hand reached under her chin, pulling her face up towards him.
Under the full moon, beneath the sakura grove, Sanosuke and Jiani kissed, sealing a fate that would bind them together, always and forever.
A/N- Okay people, I'm gonna make the epilogue one separate story so keep posted to see what happens!
A few nights later found Kenshin and his friends eating a hearty dinner on the house porch, the only place that wasn't in shambles.
Kaoru sighed wearily. "I wonder how long it'll take to get this place back to normal again."
Yahiko nodded. "Tsubame! More rice!"
Tsubame giggled. "Sure."
Kenshin paused. "Hard to believe that Miss Megumi, Aoshi, and Misao have already left,"
Kaoru nodded. "Yes well, I think all of these adventures have gotten to Megumi a little. Besides, she must be tired of having to keep mending Sanosuke's hand."
Kenshin looked over at her. "Speaking of Sanosuke, where is he? And Jiani as well?"
Kaoru shrugged. "I don't know, but maybe that's in their best interest."
On the other side of town, beneath the sakura trees, Sanosuke and Jiani stood.
Jiani reached out and caught a stray petal with her hand. "When I came here one night almost weeks ago, I hoped that catching a tree's petal would bring me luck." She smiled up at Sanosuke. "It seems to have come true."
Sanosuke sighed. "Yup, it granted luck for the both of us. And Kenshin, Kaoru, and everyone else."
"How's your hand? And your arm?"
"Not bad," he replied. "The arm stings a little, but Megumi gave me some good medicine before she left."
Jiani's face fell and she looked away. "I'm sorry Sano-kun. I'm the one who did this to you after all."
A soft hand reached out and touched her cheek. Sanosuke smiled. "Hey, if you weren't going to come back, you may as well should have killed me. If I couldn't tell you how much I love you, then I'd have been better off dead."
Silence. Then, Jiani burst out laughing. Sanosuke quirked an eyebrow. "Eh? What's so funny?"
She wiped tears of joy from her eyes. "You always amazed me with your ability to say such things."
"What's that mean?"
She smiled, her eyes shining bright. "Well, let me try now." She wrapped her arms around his torso and pressed her head against his chest. "I love you too, Sano-kun."
There, she'd said it. The words she had wanted to spill out for so long had finally spilled out. She waited, wondering what his response would be.
His hand reached under her chin, pulling her face up towards him.
Under the full moon, beneath the sakura grove, Sanosuke and Jiani kissed, sealing a fate that would bind them together, always and forever.
A/N- Okay people, I'm gonna make the epilogue one separate story so keep posted to see what happens!