I was saving this for Christmas but I think you guys have suffered enough so go ahead and have. It's not the best chapter i've ever written but i was kind of sad when i was writting it. This is the end of the story. It's so hard to say good-bye

Chapter XXII: Epilogue: Stroke of midnight…

Christmas came and went. They had a party at Botan's apartment. It was fun. She loved it. She loved being with her friends again but most of all she loved being with Yusuke. For Christmas, he got her the most wonderful present. He bought her a platinum diamond heart-shape necklace. The right side of the heart was decorated with pink diamond and onthe left sidethe letters Y and B were engraved. The necklace was so gorgeous. She got other wonderful present from her friends. Christmas was definitely her favorite holiday. She got an excuse to go shopping and spent an outrageous amount of money and no one could complain about it. Yep, Christmas rocked.

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When you hold me like this

So many memories fill my eyes

The first time we kiss

The times we nearly said goodbye

'Fifteen more minutes till midnight.' He thought.

Yusuke and Botan were walking back to her apartment. They were both coming from Kira's New Year's Eve party. Kira had offered to let them stay at her house but they had declined. Yusuke had something important he wanted to ask Botan but he was waiting till the right time. He glanced at Botan. She looked so gorgeous tonight. She wore tight fitting pants with white and pink stripes. Her shirt, well he didn't know how to describe it. It was black and lacy. It hugged her like a second skin and her breasts looked like they might pop out any second. He didn't mind except when every other guy in the room stare at that spot. He actually wanted to punch a few of them but he knew Botan wouldn't let him. So he sat back and watch them drooled over her. She also wore her long blue hair down. The neckelace he gave her for Christmas shone brightly at her neck. Her pink high heels clicked softly against the concrete as she walked. She truly looked like a goddess tonight.

But still here we are

Tested and tried and still true

And stronger than we ever knew

He wondered what she'd say when he asked her that thing later. Which remind him he should probably check the time? He then stopped on his track. Botan, who wasn't excepting him to stop so suddenly almost trip.

Love is all

The laughter and the tears that fall

The mundane and the magical

Love is all

Love is all

The careless word, the healing touch

The getting and the giving of

All is Love

"What's wrong?" She asked with concern.

"Nothing."

"Then why did you stop?"

"I wanted to ask you something."

"What?"

There's a me you've always known

The me that's a stranger still

The you that feels like home

He pulled her to him. He wrapped his arms around her small waist and rested his forehead against hers. She, in turned, wrapped her arms around his neck. They looked into each other's eyes.

And the you that never will

But still here we lie

Tender and trusting and true

With everything that we've been through

"I love you." He said.

"I love you, too."

"Botan…"

"Mmmm…"

"Would you marry me?"

"Marry you?"

"Yes."

"Yusuke, are you sure about this?"

"You don't answer a question with a question."

"I...mean…"

"I'm serious about this. I mean we don't have to get married now. We can wait. I love you, Botan and I can't see me spending the rest of my life with anyone but you."

"Yusuke…"

"So would you marry me?"

"Yes, I will."

Love is all

The laughter and the tears that fall

The mundane and the magical

Love is all

All is love

The careless word, the healing touch

The getting and the giving off

All is love

Just like he predicted, the church's bell rang midnight.

"Happy New Year, my future bride."

"Happy New Year, my future husband."

With that he kissed her. Sealing a promise between them.

It was a new day, a new year, a new beginning for the both of them.

All the glory

All the pain

All the passion

That turns to ashes

Only to rise again

Love is all

The laughter and the tears that fall

The mundane and the magical

Love is all

All is love

The careless word, the healing touch

The getting and the giving of

All is love

THE END…

I can't believe I'm done. It's taken me two years but I did it. I completed my first fanfiction. I'm happy that I'm done but I'm also kinda sad. Yusuke and Botan's adventure ends here…well at least when someone else read it then the adventure would start all over again. I hoped you enjoyed reading this fic because I enjoyed writing it. Well it's been a blast. I'll see you all later when I update my next YB story, Brawns and Brains, and posted my new YB story. You're going to love it. I promise…tata…much love, LK