A.N.: Finally the epilogue is up! This thing is so small, I'm embarrassed to upload it, but it's how the fic ended, so…

Is it really OK for the author to be saying something like this?!

THROUGH ETERNITY

EPILOGUE - PHOENIX

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A century had passed already, and still Tala awaited Kai's return along with the other phoenixes. No other special phoenix had been born again, his "brothers" and Voltaire were long since gone, but the Russian never had any doubts: he still waited.

Dranzer had given him a drop of her blood, and thanks to that Tala would be able to live about 500 years without aging. The female Fire Phoenix had also introduced him to the others, after all, if he was going to be with them for perhaps more than a millennium, there was no way he could just hide forever, so she decided to tell everyone about him... that he wasn't there to harm any of them, but to wait for Kai.

Of course, for that, Black Dranzer had to explain what had happened to the special phoenix... and the other elemental ones had nearly eaten the hunter alive, but the Fire Phoenixes had intervened in his favor and saved him.

During the following few years, Tala had finally been able to gain their trust, one at a time, through different situations, and thus became the only human to ever meet the mystical creatures.

And that way, 100 years quickly went by... and still no sign of Kai.

But Tala would wait... no matter how many years it took.

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END of EPILOGUE - PHOENIX and of STORY!

A.N.: Well, end of fic. And I killed Kai yet again... ¬¬

I've gotta write Beyblade fics in which Kai survives without being killed once! ^^"

And yeah, I know it was a short fic, but since my mind is screaming with a lot of ideas for fics on different animes, I've got to make them short in order to be able to write in various styles and storylines... not to mention my time is short, so I have to manage any way I can. ^^'

In case you didn't notice, I left an opening for a sequel, but I'm not sure if I'll do it or not, since I literally still have a whole list of fanfictions to write. If somehow I actually manage to "get rid" of half of them by the time this is posted (note: right now is March 19, 2004; 02:25pm), then I'll write it. If I do, I'll send an e-mail to any reviewer that leaves an address.

I'm also thinking about creating a new story of sideshots on how Tara has been living while waiting for Kai; nothing's decided about that yet though.

In case anyone is interested, please let me know. I'm not sure about the sideshots idea, since it would mainly be about Tala (though I would find a way to have the phoenixes talk about Kai). And the sequel would probably be nothing akin to this; I'd be writing something a bit longer and deeper. This fic was intentionally superficial and short, but after I started posting, I sort of regretted making it this way… so the sequel thing is actually just me connecting another idea of mine to this one. ;p

However, please let me know what you think about all of this. Anyone see any incoherency or mistake, then please don't keep quiet about it!

Syaoran-Lover signing out. ^^