You yourself are safe from death except at the hands of your own son.
Behind the holy woman's words I heard Kenji calling my out my name. I was not sure what had happened but when I opened my eyes I saw the sun had risen. Slowly I got to my feet. Pain shooting from my arm. I looked to check it was ok, it had been bandaged and my faded blue robe was covered in dried blood. I stood and looked down at Akios broken, bleeding body. I turned to Kenji and Kori, wanting to know what had happened.
"Kori was well trained." Kenji said. "It was he who attacked Akio after you fell. He acted just like you did when you were his age"
I was stunned Kori actually saved me from death. "Thank you Kori." I said
"It was the least I could do after the way Akio acted." He said. "You may want to sort you arm out," he pointed to my arm. The pain was slowly dulling but it still hurt.
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A lot happened after Akio's death. Kenji went back to live with his wife, Seiko, who Kori will be visiting once the snow had melted. Kori has grown closer to the family and I do not remember what it was like without him, nor do the twins I suspect. Tokoriki has had her fourteenth birthday as is turning more in to her mother everyday as Kori looks like me. Kaede gave birth to a wonderful little girl, who we have named Naomi, after Lady Maruyama. I everything seems to be going well for the moment and harmony is still spread across the three countries like it has been for the past 16 years nearly. I do worry about power individuals like Zenko and warlords beyond the boarders, but so far we have been able to control all of these and will continue to do so. I have no longer had attacks from other members of the tribe and hope I will not in the future.
I have thought long and hard about the prophecy and I know I cannot avoid it, but now I do not worry about my death. I often thought of Shigeru and how I gave him the swift and honourable death of a warrior. I hope Kori will do the same for me if needed, and that death at his had may be welcome to be. I know longer think that he will murder me as I first thought when I was told the prophecy. But since then I have gone through so much and have learnt a lot, which I am grateful for.
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A/N: It's all done. Now what am I going to write in lessons. I hope you like the ending. Sorry it's a bit sort but I didn't want to put in to much nonsense. Lol. This wasn't actually the original ending; I kept changing my mind. First off I thought about Takeo finding out Kaede was pregnant at the end, but I changed that. My second plan was for Kaede to have a boy but I wasn't sure how to end that one, so after a long and hard thinking session I came up with this ending, which I thought worked well. I changed a lot of things as I typed my story up from the random pieces of paper lodged in side many of my schoolbooks. I suppose I could always write about Kaede after the earthquake or something similar, to look like I'm working in class till I finish school and to keep me going till the exams start. Lol. Hope you liked the story.