Note: ¦sheepish smile¦ ok - I'm really sorry that this took so long to get up but my pc's gone down with something and I can't get access to my notes... so I had to reread the story and work from scratch with Bo Jang's well-appreciated help we managed to concoct this epilogue D thanks again for all your support - I really couldn't have gotten this far without you X-) thanks everybody - well... let's just hope that this epilogue's fitting for the little 'joy ride' I took you all on ¦laughs¦ arigatou gozaimas minna!

In this chapter - I added in a slight crossover with the acclaimed shounen-ai manga - Gravitation! I LOVE Grav! ¦heart lol¦ but sadly, I don't own DD or Grav - only copies ¦wipes tears from eyes¦

Well - anyway! On with the story! Sorry for the uber long wait! (And... this is told in a really cliché narrator-way - gomen!)

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Neutral POV

The morning after - the ball had continued out onto the streets, and the lords were enjoying themselves truly for the first time in their lives as they danced and laughed with abandon with their newfound friends, the friends that had always been there, just waiting for a chance to be let in. Yes, things were definitely going to change in Somewhere (lol) for the better, due to Lord Raenef's deed. Of course, the lords still wouldn't relinquish their cherished lifestyles of leisure, but... they would share what they had with their friends. They would come down from their 'high horses' to be 'normal'. No longer would they refer to the villagers as 'commoners', because now - that term had been changed to friends, companions, and even lovers such as in the case of Erutis and Krayon.

As in any typical fairytale, happy endings are in order, the majority of lords and villagers have had theirs, but what of the... less fortunate? As is the case of Leeche's poor father? If anybody needs a happy ending more, it was him. (BJ pointed out that I had been pointlessly torturing the man (unintentionally, I swear!) so I thought if anybody needed a happy life, he would!) After the shame of having to drag Leeche out from the ballroom, he had locked her in her room, unable to dampen her temper, and already sporting a few bruises and a semi-black eye as a result of her mad tantrums. For an eight-year-old, she really knew how to punch!

During the commotion, a pink haired bundle of hyperactivity stumbled upon Somewhere by chance, with his cold stoic lover, Eiri Yuki (I can't remember his real surname!), and from a nearby palace, they could hear the screaming and rantings of what sounded like a banshee. They needed somewhere to stay, and the castle was the nearest part of civilisation they could find (I'm imagining that Leeche's home is on the outskirts, half a day away from the actual town... just go along with it! lol) Shuichi Shindo pleaded desperately with Yuki not to let them stay there, but Eiri had had enough of walking for one day. They had been looking for any other sign of civilisation after their car had broke down on their vacation, and had been walking for three hours straight! He needed a rest, and whether it was in a haunted manor or not, he didn't care. So dragging Shu by his collar, Yuki strode to the door and pounded, wanting access, thinking that he could use his popularity to his advantage.

However, what he didn't expect to find was a pretty man black and blue on the brink of tears opening the door. He was at a lost for what to do, but the moment Shu laid eyes on him, he immediately began to sympathise and smother the young man while Eiri just stood back, still in shock.

CRASH! (I swear I'm portraying Leeche as a demon if anything else!)

"Oh gods!" the blonde(?) haired lord moaned as he heard Leeche's thundering footsteps stomp down the stairwell. "Please! Please save me! Take her away!"

"Who?"

"My daughter! Please! Just take her away!"

"She can't be that bad..." Shu begun to argue gently when Simon (I don't want to keep calling him 'man' or 'lord' so I'll just make up a name 'cause I can't remember if he actually has a name in DD, and if he does - eh... he's just gotten a new middle name XD) "NO! She's the worse! Did you hear the screaming?" the singer's face possibly paled. "That's her!" Simon could only nod and Eiri's face became deadpanned.

"You're joking."

"Never! Please - just - just take her!" Si was on the brink of a breakdown, and he was hysterical.

"If we take her, can we stay the night?" Yuki asked quietly.

"Yes, but just make sure to take her away with you! You can even have the castle just please! Take her away!"

"Certainly," Eiri answered smoothly as he stepped inside at last. Shu just stared at him gobsmacked.

"Thank you! Thank you! You certainly are the most gracious man!" Simon hugged him, Eiri's wince going unnoticed before he skipped outside. "I'll be going now - take care of yourselves!" and with that he ran as fast as he could to the village to join in the celebrations - a free man, and single. Oh yes, he would have fun and entertainment for the first time in what felt like centuries.

Yuki and Shu could only stare after him with jaws ajar (more discretely in the author's case, after all - he was Eiri Yuki lol) when Leeche made her appearance.

"Where's my - !" her tone immediately died down when she saw the two bishounen in front of her, and she recognised them immediately. She squealed with delight. "I LOVE YOU!" she ran to Eiri to hug him, only to be knocked out by a jealous Shu.

"Do'y know what we've gotten us into?" he asked Eiri coldly.

"No, but it wouldn't hurt to find out," the man answered coolly. "After all, she can't be any worse than you."

"Hey! That wasn't funny!" but Eiri was smiling, just as Shu was.

So now that Simon had gotten his happy ending - what of our two protagonists?

They were enjoying a quiet lie-in in Raenef's master chamber, comfortably wrapped in each other's arms, their bodies moulding together so perfectly as if they'd been made for each other (corny, yes - but I couldn't think of anything else!) Eclipse had woken just minutes before and was silently admiring the little lord in his arms, his beauty as little rays of light edged through their shutters to illuminate Raenef's sleeping face with unabashed magnificence. Yes, things had certainly gone well - even better than well, they had gone great! Eclipse hadn't even dared to dream of an outcome better than what he had begotten, and internally he thanked whatever deity was watching over him.

Moments later, Raenef roused, and looked up at his newfound lover, smiling up at him as he tilted his head up to kiss him. "I love you," he whispered softly.

"And I you."

Yes, everyone certainly had gotten the ending they deserved.

And they all lived happily ever after (Lol - I couldn't resist, it was just so wanting to be said! The corniest line in all fairy stories - I had to add it in! You can sue me later )

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Well - I hope that wasn't too bad an ending lol, so I guess, BaLwD has finally been wrapped up - thank you again for all your support! ¦hugs¦

Dragonfly

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