Authors Note- Okay...1chappy left after this. This is the first part of the epilogue. It covers from the day after the meeting with Akito, till the birth of twin children...


Those two years were the longest of my life. Each day went by slowly, almost as if trying to torture me. I still lived with Ritsu then, but, I often spent my weekends at the main house, with Haru. Time went by excruciatingly fast when I was with him. He even felt it too.


But the time of Gure-nii's imprisonment came faster than any of us expected.

He went with out a fight. He said nothing at all, aparently.

He left a note with Tori-nii, saying that he decided to give Tohru his house, and nothing more.

Yuki went off to University, and Kyou took up a teaching position at Kazuma's dojo. Both of them visited Tohru often. But it was not either of them that won her heart...

Summer gave way to fall. Fall was replaced by winter, and the new year. And then came spring.


It was time for graduation.

The very moment he walked off stage, Haru came up to me. He took my hands in his.

"Sohma Isuzu is the one for me, whom I love more than anything in this world. I can only hope that she will marry me."

"You silly cow. You don't need to hope."

We were married that May.

It was a simple, Western style ceremony, yet elaborate.

Yuki was the best man. Kagura, Tohru, Saki, and Arisa, my bridesmaids.

Seeing as I haven't spoken to my parents for almost ten years, Kagura's mother and Kazuma took their places.

Haru and I weren't the only ones to be married that year.

Tohru found someone as well. One of our many cousins to be exact. She met, well rather literally ran into Shiro Kaname at our wedding, trying to get over to see Momiji. It was love at first sight. They were married that November.

And as in the days before, time gratefully slowed to a peaceful pace.


Secrets revealed, sickness, and death. All fell the family in the three years following.

Both Saki and Arisa discovered the curse. Arisa through Kureno. Saki through Kyou of all people. Surprisingly, both were allowed to keep the knowlege of the curse. Akito had become more relaxed over the years. Our relationship improved drastically. She almost seemed at peace.

But I think it was because her time had come.

Akito had been diagnosed with cancer. No cure was available. But she had once let it slip that even if there was a cure, she would not take it.

She died on the last day of New Years, in her sleep. She lived through almost two painful years of cancer.


As I write this, it has been four years since her death.

I am in the hospital, for pregnancy complications. I had caught a cold, and Haru took me to Tori-nii. The two of them wanted to be safe than sorry. Sadistic bastards. They know how I hate hospitals. And theres the lovely fact that just about everyone I know has been to visit me. This is one of the rare moments when no one is here.

But not for long. I can feel the contractions start.

Its twins, apparently. They can kick just as hard as their father.

I hope they inherit the positive traits of their father.