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And here it is, ladies and gentlemen, the last chapter of this story. You cannot believe how happy I am to know that so many people liked this and that helped me to reach the biggest number of reviews I've ever recieved.
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Epilogue
Sora Takenouchi was busy looking at all the clothes around her, humming to herself; the store was empty at the moment, for Sora's relief since she could work better in silence, just like she could imagine new clothes to sale.
However, what the 36 year old woman hadn't noticed, was the shadow walking through the door, in a slow pace.
Still without noticing the shadow behind her, Sora walked towards her desk and grabbed a notepad and a pencil, where she started writing and making draws about her new ideas. However, after a short moment, Sora's eyes felt on a picture over the desk and, with a small smile, Sora put the notepad and pencil down and grabbed the frame: there she was, with her auburn hair in a bun, next to a blond hair man with piercing blue eyes and their children: a not so little girl, that looked just like the man: short blond hair and amazing blue eyes and a not so little boy which had short red hair and browinsh-red eyes, just like his mother.
"My Spring and Auntumn." Sora whispered, her finger running down her children's face. Then, Sora looked at the man in the picture and smiled sadly "Oh Matt, why did you had to go to the Moon, again?"
"Actually, I'm down here on Earth." a voice said and Sora spun around so quickly, that she almost bump into someone's chest. A chest that she knew to well.
Slowly and almost carefully, Sora looked up right into a pair of sapphires and gasped, a hand over her mouth:
"Matt!" she breathed "Oh Matt, you're here!"
While the blond haired man laughed, Sora put her arms around him before kissing him hard on the lips. She had missed him so much and the fact NASA never told her how her husband was, only made her go even more crazy. However, now that she was feeling Matt kissing her, his hand running down her back and his sweet colone, Sora knew that despite of everything, it was worth to wait.
It was always worth to wait.
As for Matt, he just couldn't help but chuckle at his wife's reaction; not that he hadn't got used to it, but because he just loved the way she always reacted when he came back from a trip to space.
"Hey love, I take by all this that you missed me." Matt said as Sora stepped back
The only answer he got, was a slap on the arm:
"Funny." Sora muttered, her eyes narrowed "Can you please tell to the staff from NASA to give news about whoever is at space?"
"Well, I can tell you that Michael and Jordan are going to space in a couple of days." Matt said and Sora blinked:
"Who are they?" she asked, confused
"Well, you said you wanted to recieve news about whoever is preparing to go to space, right?" Matt asked innocently and Sora rolled her eyes:
"I don't know what happens to you, everytime you come back from space." she muttered and Matt grinned:
"Well you know, it's the lack of gravity." he said
"Where? In space or there?" Sora asked, as she pointed to Matt's forehead
"Ah ah, now who's being funny?" Matt asked and Sora giggled "Where are Spring and Autumn, by the way?" Matt asked "I miss them, so much."
"Where do you think they are?" Sora asked, crossing her arms and Matt raised an eyebrow "I left thme with their grandmother."
"Oh, really?" Matt asked and Sora nodded, before smiling:
"But we shouldn't be talking about them, we should be talking about your return."
After a few seconds in silence, Matt sighed and, without a single warning, he wrapped an arm around Sora's waist:
"Is that an invitation?" he asked in his sexy voice
Despite of everything, Sora blushed and shivered: oh, she just hated when Matt talked and looked at her like that.
"What do you want to do?" Sora asked, as she gave a step closer to her husband
"Well, the store is empty, what do you say if we go hide behind some curtains and have a little fun?"
Sora opened her eyes wide in surprise:
"Matt, have you no shame?" she asked and Matt shook his head:
"Not when it comes to you." he replied and Sora smiled seductively:
"You know, if you had asked me that ten years ago, I would have said yes." she whispered, her lips now close to Matt's "But I don't think we can do that now."
"W...why?" Matt managed to whisper back. Oh, he just hated when Sora started licking her lips in antecipation and look at him with that eyes of hers, full of passion
"Because..." Sora managed to run her lips against Matt's and smiled "We need to go home."
"What?!" Matt asked confused and Sora giggled, as she gave a step backwards:
"Yes, we need to go pick Haruko and Akiko, because I promise I would let them help me with a chocolate cake that I have been promising for almost a week." she said "Let me just go grab my purse."
As Sora grabbed her purse, which was just behind the desk, Matt sighed:
"Damn." Matt whispered and Sora smiled, before laying a hand on her husband's shoulder:
"C'mon Matt, don't curse." she whispered, into her husband's ear "Just wait a few hours and then I'll give you a private welcome home party."
At this remark, Matt opened his eyes wide and looked at his wife:
"Are you serious?" he asked and Sora nodded, before kissing him softly on the lips:
"Yes, but now we need to go pick our kids. You need to take a bath, eat something and rest. Then, " Sora locked her eyes with Matt's "you'll wish never to leave my side again."
"You can bet I'll be waiting." Matt replied and before Sora could say a word, Matt wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed her full on the lips.
As she felt Matt's arm wrapping around her back, Sora giggled into the kiss and then, very slowly, Matt stepped back and smiled:
"You can't imagine for how long I've been wishing to do that." he said, before kissing Sora again "I'll be waiting. But now we have more important things to do, so lets go."
When Matt extended his arm to her, Sora smiled and linked their arms, a dreamy look still on her face:
"What am I going to do with you?" she muttered
What she didn't knew was that Matt had heard her, and that he was mentally laughing.
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"C'mon people, we need to be quick." Miyako Ichiouji said, as she put a huge chocolate cake on the table "They'll be here at any moment."
"Slow down sweety, didn't Sora told you she would call once Matt arrived?" Ken asked, as he kissed Yolei's cheek
"Yes, she did." Mimi said, as she appeared next to her friends "But knowing Sora, she'll be in her dreamy state once she sees Matt."
At that remark, everyone who had heard her, laughed:
"Mama, where do I put this?" an eleven year old brown haired boy, with huge brown eyes asked as he showed to napkins in his hands to Mimi:
"Go give them to your dad, he'll know what to do with them." Mimi replied, a smile on her face
"But uncle Tai is with uncle Izzy is in the kitchen." a blond haired girl said, her blue eyes full of confusion
"Give them to me, Aoshi." Kari said, as she walked towards the boy
"Thanks aunt Kari." Aoshi said, as he handed the napkins to the woman
"Aunt Kari, where's Keiko?" the blond haired girl asked, as she put two glasses on the table
"She's sleeping."
"With Toru?" a red haired boy asked and Kari nodded
"Isn't it incredible how does two like to be around each other?" Yolei commented and Kari giggled:
"Well, they're our kids, of course they like to be around each other." she replied and Yolei chuckled, a smile on her face
"Davis, I swear your son is just like you." Toyoko said, as she entered inside the room "Makes a frenzy everytime I put him to bed."
Everyone laughed execpt a brown haired man, who blushed embarassed:
"You still make a frenzy everytime you need go to bed, Davis?" Tai asked, as he entered inside the living-room
"Being Kai my brother's son, I wouldn't be surprised." Jun said, as Kyuryo wrapped an arm around her waist
"Ah ah, that was really funny Jun." Davis said and Jun chuckled:
"Well, it's true." she stated and everyone laughed one more time
"Mom, mom!" a voice called and everyone turned to see Michio running towards Jun and Kyuryo
"What is it, honey?" Jun asked
"Aunt Sora and uncle Matt are coming!" Michio exclaimed
"What?!" everyone asked at the same time
"Well, that's not good." Tai muttered as Joe walked to the window of the living-room:
"Well, Sora and Matt are just getting out of the car." Joe said, as he looked to his friend
"Quickly, go call everyone that's in the kitchen and turn the light off." Yolei instructed
Then, everything happened in a minute: Cody flew to the kitchen, only to enter in the living-room close followed by all the other Digidestined and, as they closed the door, Yolei turned the lights off:
"I'll never do a surprise party again." Davis muttered
"Hush, love." Toyoko said, as she put a hand on her husband's arm
While everyone tried to keep silence inside the dark living-room, Sora opened the front door and giggled, as Matt wrapped an arm around her waist and kissed her cheek:
"You know, I still don't understand why your mother didn't told us she had gone to the mall with the kids sonner, I mean, all she needed to do was call."
"Well, you know my mother, she likes to do things like that."
"All I know is that if she had told us sonner, we would have been able to do certain things a long time ago."
"Matt, have you no shame?" Sora asked, as she closed the door
"When it comes to you, sorry, but the answer is no." Matt replied, before kissing Sora on the forehead
"Now, I think I'm going to that that bath you told me about." he said
"Are you sure that's what you want to do?" Sora asked, an evil smile playing on her face
"Don't play with me love, I haven't seen you for almost three months and I don't know what I can do if you keep saying that." Matt said and Sora laughed:
"Oh c'mon love, it won't hurt." she said, seductively "I just need a favor from you."
"What kind of favor?" Matt asked and Sora sighed:
"Can you believe we haven't been able to open the door of the living-room for almost two months?" Sora asked "Do you think you can try to open it, before taking the bath?"
"The door?" Matt repeated and Sora nodded "Why didn't you asked for one of the guys to come here and fix it for you?"
Sora shruged:
"I didn't wanted to bother them with that." she said "Can you go try to fix it?"
"Sure." Matt said "I live in this house too, you know?"
Sora couldn't help but giggle as Matt walked towards the living-room's door and put the hand on the knob. Then, as Matt turned it, the door opened:
"Hey Sky, the door is ok." he said, as he looked strangely at the white door
"Oh? That's strange, yesterday it didn't even moved." Sora said "Lets go inside."
And before Matt could open his mouth, Sora grabbed his hand, turned the light on and:
"SURPRISE!!!"
Matt almost had an heart-attack, as various voices screamed the same word at the same time, while Sora started laughing.
"Daddy!" two voices exclaimed and before Matt could time to react to whatever was hapenning, two pair of arms wrapped around his waist and Matt looked down:
"Hey there, Spring and Autumn." he said, as he knelt in front of his two kids "How are you?"
"How was everything up there, daddy?" Akiko asked, as he stared into his father's eyes
"It was amazing." Matt replied, as his kissed his son and daughter's forehead
"Can I go with you next time?" Akiko asked and Matt smiled:
"Lets wait and see, ok?" he asked, before getting up, his eyes looking to everyone in the room "What the heck are you guys doing here?" he asked
"It's your birthday, you airhead." Tai stated, as he walked towards his best friend "I think you've staying up there for too long." he said, as he pointed to the ceiling
"I've been in the ceiling for too long?" Matt asked, trying to look confused and Tau hit him on the arm:
"Just shut up and thank everyone here, for this party."
"Just don't thank your wife, since she was suppose to warn us about your arrival, but didn't do it." Mimi said as she looked at Sora, who blushed in embarassement:
"I..er....well, I wanted, but..." Sora stutted and Mimi laughed:
"C'mon loverbird, lets go see our 'babies'." she said, before grabbing Sora's hand and, after calling Toyoko, Yolei and Kari, all the female desappeared into the hall
"So, how's did you guys knew I was to come today?" Matt asked "Sora did an amazing job looking surprise, when she saw me on the store."
TK rolled his eyes:
"Did you forgot we have a detective here?" he asked, pointing with his head towards Ken
"So, it was you, huh?" Matt asked looking at the blue haired man and Ken shruged:
"You can say that, but Mimi gave the idea."
"As usual." Joey muttered and everyone laughed
Seconds later, all the females entered inside the room, along with their children:
"PAPA!!!" a blondish-red haired girl, with reddish-blue eyes cried, as her eyes felt on Matt
"Hey there, little wave." Matt said, as the girl jumped to his arms
Five years after Haruko and Akiko's birth, the Ishida family came to shine in happiness at the news that a new baby was coming it's way. However, on contrary of her brother and sister, Nami was like a mixture of Sora and Matt and, though she could be as sweet as Sora, she had Matt's temper and when everytime she got mad it was better to run for cover.
Even though Nami was only five.
While Nami continued to hug Matt with all her strength, a ten year old, red haired girl walked to Izzy's side:
"Hey Keiko, slept well?"
The small girl nodded, before looking to a ten year old lavender haired boy with blue eyes, who was between Yolei and Ken:
"Toru made me laugh." she said "He kept making jokes."
"Oh, really?" Izzy asked and Keiko nodded
"Davis!" Toyoko called, as she entered inside the room "Go wake your son up, since I can't do it yourself."
At that commented, Davis raised from the couch:
"I'm going." he said
"He's just like his father, isn't he?" Yolei commented and Toyoko nodded:
"Too much like his father." she corrected, before laughing with Yolei
"Mama, I'm hungry." Aoshi said, as he looked at Mimi, who had in her arms a still half-asleep, five year old girl, with light brown hair and hazel eyes:
"Wanna a piece of chocolate cake?" Mimi asked and her son nodded
In seconds, every adult was busy talking and laughing, while the kids played around the living-room:
"People, it's time to cut the cake!" Tai exclaimed and Mimi rolled her eyes:
"You and your stomach." she said
"What? I'm hungry." Tai said and everyone laughed "And don't laugh at me!"
"What are you? A growing boy?" Kari asked and Tai looked at her:
"As a matter of fact, dear sister, I am a growing boy." he said
"Yeah, here." Mimi said, as she pointed to her husband's forehead
Sora giggled, before kissing Matt on the cheek and getting up from his lap:
"You know what?" she asked, catching everyone's attention "For the first time, Tai's correct."
"Hey!" Tai exclaimed indignatly and, once again, everyone laughed along with the children
So it was in the middle of laughs, conversations, songs and food that the evening passed.
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"I'm sooooo dead." Matt said, as he let himself fall on the bed
Sora was putting the children to sleep, since everyone had alreadt left and now it could be said that the couple was all alone.
"Matt?" Sora called, as she closed the door of the room "Still awaked?"
"Yeah, but I'm sooo dead." Matt groaned and Sora giggled, as she walked to his side:
"Oh, but you liked the surprise, didn't you?" she asked and Matt sat on the bed:
"Of course I did, I still can't believe I forgot today was my birthday."
"Didn't I say you stay to much time in space?" Sora asked, before chuckling "The lack of gravity is starting to affect you."
"Very funny, Sky." Matt said and a smile appeared on Sora's face:
"You know..." she started slowly "I didn't gave you your birthday present."
"Yeah, I did noticed that." Matt said, nodding
"Don't you want to know what is it?" Sora asked and Matt shruged:
"Yeah, I think I do."
Slowly Sora run her lips against Matt's, but quickly stopped:
"I can't." Sora said as she looked down
"What? Why?" Matt asked, looking like a kid that had lost his present
"Well, your present was that private party I told you about, but you said you're to tired." Sora said, as she got up
Suddenly Matt grabbed her wrist:
"For you, I'm prepared for everything." he said and Sora looked at him
"Are you sure?" she asked and Matt nodded. Then, a smile appeared on Sora's face and, without a word, she sat on Matt's lap, her legs on both sides of Matt's waist "Don't forget," Sora started "you said it yourself."
Then, without giving Matt a chance to say a word, Sora kissed him right on the lips.
Many hours later, Sora opened her red eyes and smiled when she saw Matt sleeping on his stomach, a hand under the pillow. His hair was falling gently in front of his eyes, and before Sora could stop herself, Sora raised a hand and pushed it aside.
Then, as softly as she could, Sora kissed Matt's lips, only to hear him mumbled something:
"We may have done a trip from heaven to hell, but I'm trully happy to know that you'll always be by my side." Sora whispered "Thanks for making me the most happy woman in the world, Yamato Ishida. I love you."
Then, Sora closed her eyes and let herself enter in a land of dreams at the same time Matt opened his eyes and put his hand over hers:
"I love you too."
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"I will stay forever here with you
My love
The softly spoken words you gave me
Even in death our love goes on"
Evanescence - Even In Death
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FIM
A/N: It's done. I can't believe it; it's done! So, what do you think? Give me all your thoughts about this, you may even tell me what you thought about the whole fic (since the prologue to the epilogue), but that's your choice. I hope you had fun reading this and thank you for your support.
Lisa Midnight Oceans