I Am DONe!

This Is The Last Chapter…..

They say that the day you marry is the happiest day of your life, and they weren't lying.

'He's not coming.' Thought Kaoru as she turned to grab Sanosuke's hand. It was at that moment that Kenshin and company arrived. When turning again, both Sano's and Kaoru's faces lit up. The person they needed to make their happiness complete had arrived. The ceremony went smoothly after that, and by the end everybody was just smiles.

'We thought you weren't going to make it.' Sano said.

Kenshin gave him a goofy smile. 'I'm sorry I was late.' He said.

'We are just glad you could make it.' Kaoru piped in.

'Is that the girl you left with?' Yahiko asked pointing at Shuura.

Kenshin nodded and motioned for Shuura to come forward.

'You all already know Miss Shuura.'

'Congratulations.' Said Shuura extending her hand towards the newlyweds.

Taking Shuura's hand, Kaoru smiled, 'Thank You.'

Megumi stood back watching everything from afar.

'Aren't you going to say hello Miss Megumi?' Tsubame asked timidly.

Megumi gave her a smile, 'Of course, but I am going to wait until they all get re-acquainted with each other.'

After all introductions and re-acquaintances were done, they all headed to the Kamiya dojo for the festivities. It's not to say that some people got a little too happy with sake, and started to embarrass themselves, but other than that, the party went well.

'How have you been Miss Megumi?' Kenshin asked his old friend the doctor.

'I've been fine, how about you?'

'Traveling the seas. I never thought of myself as much of a sailor, but…'he trailed off, not knowing what to really say next.

Megumi just smiled at him. Even though he was the oldest of the group, Megumi, who was younger, was always the smartest and most mature of the group. That smile said more than anything. She knew something that not even Kenshin knew yet.

'Aren't you going to introduce me to the woman that took you away from us?' she asked jokingly.

Flustered at his own insensitivity, he called Shuura over. By this time, Shuura was already a little gone with all that sake, so she half tumbled over to where Megumi and Kenshin stood.

'Miss Megumi, this is Miss Shuura.' He introduced.

Shuura extended a quivering hand towards Megumi. 'Nice to meet you.' She said.

'Same here. Nice kimono.'Megumi said.

Shuura looked down at herself and remembered that she was wearing her mother's kimono.

'Th…thanks?' she stammered. Megumi let out a small giggle.

The party lasted for three days, and when those three days were over, it was time to say good-bye.

'Thank you for your hospitality.' Shuura said politely.

'It was nothing.' Sano assured her.

'Take care and come back to visit.' Said a teary-eyed Kaoru.

'We will.' Shuura assured them.

Pulling Shuura to the side, Kaoru said, 'Take good care of him. Promise?' A very flustered Shuura managed to croak a week 'I promise.'

'Care to go out for a drink before you leave?' Sano was asking Kenshin.

'Oh no thanks, I think everybody has had enough drinks for a while.' Said Kenshin placing his arms defensively in front of his face. Sano let out a hearty laugh. 'You'll never change will you?'

'Maybe…' said Kenshin.

'I guess you're right. Find yourself somebody and stop going around in circles, or better yet, marry your crewmate there and you don't have to worry about leaving the family.' Sano told him.

Kenshin only smiled. 'It's time to leave now Miss Shuura.'

'Yes it's time, the sea is calling and it waits for no one. Thank You once again and take care.' Turning to go, Kaoru called out.

'Remember, be happy!' she called out to them.

'We will.' Shuura replied, waving.

The old gang stood in the street until they could see them no more.

'You think they'll be fine?' Kaoru asked Megumi.

'I'm sure they will. I don't think Sir Ken could have found a better person to be with.'

Looking out at the horizon Kaoru replied, 'I guess you're right.'

Megumi smirked. 'Of course I'm right.' Suddenly going serious, 'You've matured.'

'Yes I have, and it's was all thank to you. If you hadn't knocked some sense into me, I wouldn't be standing here with my husband, but in there crying myself to an early grave.'

'People I think we should all go to our respective houses and let the newlyweds spend some time alone.' Said Megumi turning around to address the crowd. Slowly, but surely the crowd dissipated.

'Finally alone.' Said Kaoru turning to face Sanosuke.

'Yeah, it's been fun, but…' he didn't need to say more.

Yahiko was staying over at Megumi's for a while, to 'give' Kaoru and Sanosuke some alone time.

Shuura's kimono didn't return to the ship unscathed, by the time she boarded the ship again the once pink kimono was an indescribable color.

'It was fun wasn't it?' she asked Kenshin.

Kenshin nodded.

'But now we have to get back to business.'

A year later and Kenshin was still traveling the seas, but a few things had changed.

The kimono was never the same, but at least now Kenshin knew what that kimono stood for.

"So much for wearing it when I fell in love." Said Shuura coming out to deck.

Kenshin turned around to look at her.

"Does it really matter how it looks?" he asked her incredously.

"No." she said.

She had worn the kimono more often after the wedding, but life in the ocean wasn't meant for that type of clothes, and it had seen better days. It was now drying on the deck, the reminder of Shuura's love for Kenshin.

"Who would have thought? Me falling for somebody who started being my rival." She said.

"Well you managed to keep your head leveled."

"I'm in love not crazy."

He gave her a smile.

"When is their baby due?" she asked. They had received a letter from Kaoru telling them that Sanosuke and her were expecting their first child.

"I don't know, but we should go visit, it's been a long time."

"Since their wedding."

"Do you agree then? We should go visit?"

"Idiot. Why do you ask me, you think I'm going to say no?"

He smiled at her, "This is still your ship and you are the captain, Miss Shuura."

"Then as captain of this ship, I say we go visit them in Tokyo."

And they said sail towards Tokyo.

Megumi was the one in charge of the birth. It was a girl.

Shuura and her 'crew' had arrived a few hours before the birth.

Lucky for Sanosuke that Kenshin was there to offer some moral support. He was even more nervous that he had been on the day of the wedding.

'It's a girl.' Megumi announced to the people present in the room.

Kaoru was drenched in sweat, but looking happy when Sanosuke entered the room to meet his little girl.

'And when are you two tying the knot?' Sanosuke, holding the baby, asked Kenshin, later that week.

Besides the fact that Kenshin turned beet-red, he said nothing.

'Hey it's not so bad. Just look at me, who would have thought I was going to ever marry, especially to the Missy…and have a child.' He finished.

It was a hectic time for the new parents. Who ever thought that having a child was so hard? Kaoru was sleepless and cranky, and Sanosuke wasn't much help.

"If those two survive this ordeal, they'll be good to go." Megumi was telling another friend of the family, Tae.

"Yes, but it's going to be hard." Tae commented.

"They'll pull through."

Kenshin and Shuura stayed there longer, to try and help.

"You know, I don't want to marry." She told Kenshin one morning, while helping him do the dishes.

He looked up and gave her a funny look.

"I want to be free. Just live life as it comes."

He nodded. He knew exactly what she meant.

"I don't want to marry either." he stated bluntly.

She looked at him and laughed, and laughed, and laughed. "Heh, we'll never change. Can't settle down even if we wanted to."

"You're right, at heart I am a wanderer. I could never change that. I'm to old to change."

"You're not old, but you have been wandering for a long time, just like me."

"Yes."

"But our relationship is not going to change, is it?"

"No, now both of us know what we really feel."

"I love you, but I love the sea even more." She said.

"And I enjoy this freedom the sea and the and gives me."

"But you won't run off all of a sudden will you?"

"I don't know."

"I'll take that. We're being honest."

The hardest moments have passed, and Sanosuke and Kaoru's marriage was back on track. Kenshin and Shuura had left long ago, but they still kept in touch. Their little girl was growing up beautifully, and out at sea two people followed their wanderous hearts into the unexpected.

Done, Done,Done…..

Hope u like this one better….at least I liked writing this one a lot more….I think it was way better….well please tell me what you think….leave reviews, I would greatly appreciate it…..

P.S.: read my other Rurouni Kenshin story, "The Deception."

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