Okay, I have no excuse for why this is so darn late except that... I forgot. I know you all are going to hate me for this, but that is truly the reason. When I remembered that I needed to post, I couldn't get on the internet because, either my mom unplugged it for a punishment, or it was down because of a bad connection. And when I did have internet, I got completely distracted and didn't post it. The main reason I've been distracted for about a week is because I have become an editor. So if you want me to be a beta for you as well, just ask, and I will. I find it fun to look through papers and find mistakes. I know, I'm weird. And since this is the last chapter of my story, then I won't be distracted from anything. Anyways, just thought I'd tell you guys that. You can read the chapter now, which was an 8 page word document- it's long.

Epilogue

Kyo stared at his reflection in the mirror he was standing in front of with apprehension. Sure, he looked great in the black tuxedo, his black bow being on completely straight. His hair was neatly combed down, and he had a red chrysanthemum pinned into his pocket with perfect alignment. Ayame had done a great job with his outfitting.

But he couldn't help but be extremely nervous about the position he was in. Kyo wondered if Yuki had been as nervous when going through the encounter. Kyo doubted it though. He knew that he'd never been as nervous in his entire life, and he didn't think that he ever would be again. At least, he hoped he wouldn't. The horrible nauseous feeling he had in his stomach at the moment was enough to make him run out of the building and hide so he didn't have to face the situation. Kyo knew that wasn't an option, though. He had to stay. Tohru would be so upset if he left.

Kyo sighed and slumped into the chair next to the mirror and looked at the clock. Five minutes until I have to be out there, he thought. He closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths to calm himself.

A hand on his shoulder forced Kyo to halt his meditation and look at the visitor to his room. It was Yuki, wearing an identical tuxedo to Kyo's- except for the fact that it was white.

"Nervous?" he asked.

Kyo nodded. "Never been as nervous in my life," he answered, his voice having a somewhat uneasy tone to it.

"That's normal," Yuki replied, sitting down in the second chair in the room.

"Were you nervous?" Kyo questioned, now vocalizing the question he'd had earlier.

"Sure was," Yuki said, nodding.

Eager to change the subject off of his unsettling troubles, though this subject had been haunting him as well, Kyo asked, "You mad at me?"

Yuki looked at him, confused. "For what?" he asked. "Making Tohru happy? No."

"Actually, I-" Kyo began, but Yuki cut him off.

"I know what you mean, and I stand by my answer," Yuki reassured. "She wasn't happy with me, and I understand that. You two will be great together."

Kyo gave his cousin a smile and stood up, a new surge of courage bestowed upon him by Yuki's words. "Come on. I should be out there now." Yuki nodded and stood as well. Kyo led the way out of the room.

They reached the hallway, and Yuki extended his hand for his cousin to take. Kyo grabbed it, and shook it firmly. "Good luck," Yuki said to him, before they both continued to walk down the hallway towards the alter.

In the room just a few doors down from Kyo's, Tohru sat in the tiny love seat, biting her lower lip while she listened to her two best friends talk.

"Don't be scared, Tohru," Saki reassured. "It will be fine."

"Yeah," Arisa agreed, clapping her friend on the shoulder. "Kyo is great. You're really lucky, Tohru."

Tohru looked up at Saki and Arisa and smiled. "Thank you, guys," Tohru said. "I don't think I'd be able to go through with this if you weren't here."

"Come on," Arisa replied. "You've wanted to do this for at least seven years, Tohru. And now that the time's come, you think we're gonna let you chicken out? No way!" At these words, Arisa received another smile from her brunette friend.

"Are you alright, now?" Saki asked, resting her hand on Tohru's knee in concern.

Tohru nodded. "I think I can do this." She stood up and looked at herself in the mirror. Ayame, who had insisted he design her dress (and had attempted to make everyone else outfits, but could only convince Kyo and Shigure- of the men. Tohru had let him make her bridesmaid's dresses, which Saki and Arisa currently wore), had made a brilliant gown for the occasion. It was pure white and strapless. The silky fabric was at a comfortable level of tightness. It was loose enough so that she could walk freely, but snug enough that it showed off the curves of her legs. The lace 'v' shaped trim that aligned her waist was a perfect parallel to the same shaped trim that topped her chest. Her veil may have been the most elegant part of her ensemble. It contained multiple layers of a fringed see-through fabric. The white headband adorned with realistic- but still fake- bouvardia flowers held the veil in place. It was a Western dress, and that was because her and Kyo had decided to have a Western wedding. She'd had a traditional Japanese wedding when she'd wed Yuki, but Western weddings had always appealed to her, and she convinced Kyo to have one.

"You look great," Arisa said, moving so that she was standing next to Tohru. "I hope I'll have a great dress like that at my wedding... But for now I'm stuck in this black dress being your bridesmaid."

"Oh, come on," Saki argued. "Kureno will ask you to marry him any time now, Arisa."

"Yeah, yeah," Arisa responded, rolling her eyes. "I know he will, but he's not doing it fast enough." Her two friends laughed at her impatience.

After allowing herself a moment of laughter to relax, Tohru looked at the clock. "Oh my!" she exclaimed. "It's nearly time!"

"We'd better get going, then, and take our places," Saki said, standing up and walking with Arisa out the door, leaving Tohru alone in her dressing room.

Kyo stood at the alter next to the robed priest, an unnerving awareness of the gazes upon him entering his consciousness. Haru, Yuki, Miles and Katsuro stood beside him, all in white, acting as his groomsmen. He hadn't really known anybody else enough to want them to be in his wedding. Juro almost qualified, but Kyo thought it would have been awkward for both of them. Kyo never would have guessed it, but Juro had taken up the role of Tani's boyfriend after he'd left. Apparently, Juro had always liked Tani, and when he had asked her out, she agreed, saying that he had a certain charm to him that appealed to her. Kyo reasoned it was because she didn't want to be alone until she got over her breakup, and said yes to the first guy she'd found. Whatever the reason, Tani and Juro were now together, it was the reason Juro hadn't been picked for a groomsman.

Taking a deep breath, Kyo looked at the people who were sitting in the rows of seats to watch the wedding. He saw his father, Kazuma, sitting in the front row with Kunimitsu sitting next to him. The proud look on his face made Kyo smile. He knew that his father had been expecting this ever since the curse had been broken. Kyo knew that Kazuma had waited a long time for his son to get married to Tohru, and today was the day it was happening.

Kyo saw all of his other relatives- Shigure, Ayame, Hatori, Hiro, Momiji, Rin, Kureno, and Ritsu- sitting in the first two rows. Hatori was rolling his eyes at Ayame, who was bawling in the seat next to him, dabbing his eyes with tissue paper and blowing his nose, quickly using up the box of said paper sitting on his lap. Ritsu was sitting quietly, listening to Momiji talk avidly to anybody who was listening. Kureno was making short responses to Shigure's attempts to make conversation. Hiro and Rin both looked like they wanted to be anywhere but in the church. Kyo guessed that Hiro was there because Kisa was one of Tohru's bridesmaids. Rin was probably only there because Haru was a groomsman, and their two year old son was the ring bearer. She looked so out of place amongst the Sohma men, her being the only female in the two rows.

The remaining rows were filled with Kyo's friends. Mainly people he'd met in Nagasaki. Katsuro and Miles' families were sitting in one row, Miles' children squirming in their seat impatiently, their mother trying to get them to sit still. Katsuro's wife was attempting to get her son to remove the headphones from his ears, but was having a very difficult time. Tani was sitting in the row, too. Juro's arm was draped over her shoulders. Just because Kyo hadn't wanted Juro as his groomsman, that didn't mean he and Tani were excluded from the wedding.

Turning his head to see the other side of the aisle, Kyo saw Tohru's family. The only people missing were her parents and her grandfather. Both of Tohru's parents were dead, and her grandfather was going to walk her down the aisle in place of her father. The elderly man was currently waiting for Tohru out in the hall, so that he could give her away. The rest of Tohru's family was talking excitedly about how their 'little Tohru' was getting married for the second time. One of her cousins was commenting on how he hoped this relationship would last longer than her other one. Saki and Arisa's parents were there as well. They had always considered Tohru their 'family,' so it only made sense that they were there. Plus, their daughters were bridesmaids.

Kyo's gaze lingered over to the entryway, where he knew that Tohru would enter from. The butterflies in his stomach fluttered wildly around as Kyo thought of what he was about to do and the intensity of it all. He was giving his life to Tohru, committing himself to her. Kyo would now be Samantha's stepfather. He would now be promised to Tohru and Tohru alone. He would now be caring for and supporting Torhu with everything he had.

He smiled at the thought.

Kyo had always wanting this. Ever since he'd expressed his feelings for Tohru- even though he'd been rejected at the time- he'd hoped with all of his being that this day would come. It was finally here, and for this he was happy. Kyo had never been as nervous in his entire life, but he had also never been as happy.

'The Wedding March' began to play from the organ in the corner of the room and Kyo changed his posture so that he was perfectly straight. He felt rigid all of a sudden. Then the doorway to the church room opened, and a small girl of seven entered carrying a basket of rose petals.

Samantha was so cute as a flower girl. She wore a beautiful pearly white Sunday dress with a matching headband holding back the loose hair from the french braid laying down her back. Sam had on a pair of white leotard with two black shoes going over her feet. The shoes matched the woven basket, from which she removed a handful of rose petals that she sprinkled over the walkway as she traveled down the aisle.

A small boy followed behind Kyo's soon to be stepdaughter. He had on a black tuxedo that was matching his raven locks. Edan, Haru and Rin's little boy, balanced the two golden bands carefully on the white pillow, never letting his dark eyes leave the rings. He had been told that his job was very important, and Kyo almost felt sorry at how seriously the boy was taking it.

The children reached the podium and Samantha took her place. Edan, on the other hand, walked up to Kyo and held the pillow up above his head. "Here," he said quietly in his childish voice.

Kyo smiled at Edan and knelt down so he was level with the toddler. "Thanks, but I'm gonna need you to hold onto them for a little while longer. When that guy," Kyo explained, pointing to the priest. "asks, 'Who has the ring?' You'll say, 'I do.' Then you come up with the pillow. Got it?"

Edan nodded and walked over to where Samantha had stood, which was next to Yuki. The little boy put the pillow down on the ground and sat down next to it, keeping his eyes on his father (the only person he knew out of Kyo's groomsmen), who was looming over him.

Kyo again stood, just in time to see the bridesmaids begin to walk down the aisle. Saki and Arisa walked, arms linked, directly in front of Kisa and Kagura, who were similarly connected. Kagura was crying as she walked, using Kisa as a support. Kisa looked terribly uncomfortable. They passed all the rows of benches until the four women reached the last one. They then separated and took their places on the bride's side of the alter.

The only sounds in the room were Kagura and Ayame crying, and the organ playing. The pianist restarted the song, and the alter doors opened one more time. Kyo looked at the door, smiling as his fiancé entered the room, her grandfather's arm entwined with hers as she walked up to the priest, where Kyo was waiting for her.

Tohru looked around the church, seeing all of her friends and family in the aisles of benches. She bit her lower lip in apprehension. It wasn't as if she didn't want to do this; Tohru had wanted to marry Kyo for the longest time. But it was an overwhelming sensation to know that the day had finally come when she would become Mrs. Kyo Sohma.

She looked down at her grandfather, who was beaming up at her. Tohru smiled at him and smelled the flowers in her hand. Her bouquet contained many different flowers. There were iris flowers, delphinium, tulips, hydrangea, and several other assortments. It had been very expensive because most of the flowers weren't native to Japan. The aroma of the flowers had a calming effect on her nerves and she looked up the aisle with a new confidence.

Tohru saw Kyo standing next to the priest. She could see the emotion in his eyes and by the way he smiled at her. He looked so nervous, yet so happy and loving. Tohru tried to give the same smile back. The result was that she didn't end up smiling. She only looked like she was about to cry, which she was. It took all of her strength to stop the tears.

It was only when the priest spoke did Tohru realize that she was at the end of the aisle. The organ had stopped playing so that the priest could be heard. "Who gives this woman away?" the priest asked.

Tohru's grandfather stood up straight and proudly proclaimed, "I do. Her grandfather."

"Thank you sir. You may be seated now," the priest said. The elderly man nodded and went to take his seat in between Tohru's aunt and cousin.

"We are gathered here today," the priest began. "To witness the union of these two people. And to help Tohru and Kyo celebrate a new life together. If there is anyone present who has a valid reason as to why these two should not be wed, please speak now, or forever hold your peace."

The room was silent for a moment. Someone in the audience let out a small cough and Ayame could be heard sniffling in the midst of the quiet. "Good," the priest declared. "The exchanging of vows is a commitment..." He continued the ceremony with a long speech about how a wedding was the highest declaration of love and how everything symbolized how much Kyo and Tohru love each other. Tohru had never been as happy in her entire life. She listened intently to the priest, realizing that each of what he said was true. She glanced at Kyo. He was doing the same thing.

"Kyo Sohma, do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, to love and to cherish, for as long as you both shall live?" the priest asked.

Kyo looked at the priest and then towards Tohru. She was smiling. Keeping his eyes on his bride, he said, "I do."

"And do you, Tohru Honda, take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, to love and to cherish, for as long as you both shall live?"

Tohru shifted her gaze from the priest to Kyo, who was still watching her with affectionate eyes. "I do."

"Now, I understand that the bride and groom have written their own vows," the priest said. "Kyo, you go first."

Kyo nodded and took a deep breath, closing his eyes. He opened them and turned his body so he was facing Tohru. He grabbed her hand and began. "We have been though some very hard times with this relationship," he said. She nodded. "But throughout it all, I never once stopped loving you. I know, for about a year or two, it seemed like it. But not a day went by when I didn't think about you. At the time, it was hard for me, and the people around me, to deal with. Now I know that it was a good thing. Otherwise, I don't know if we'd be standing here today, together. My only wish is that this had happened earlier. That there was never a misunderstanding between us. But there was, and this is now, so I'm just happy that you're here with me."

"And now you, Tohru," the priest requested, motioning his hand towards the bride.

"I only have one thing to add to what you just said," Tohru explained. She paused and took a few deep breaths, getting her wits together. "You taught me to think that if you think something is right, to go for it. This is definitely right to me. Nothing in the world has ever been so clear. I am supposed to be with you, and nothing anybody can say will change my mind about it."

The priest smiled at them both."And now for the exchanging of the rings. Who has the rings?" The room was silent for a moment. The only movement in the room was Haru bending down and saying something to the little boy at his feet.

Edan gasped and stumbled to stand up. He picked up the white pillow and hurried over to the podium. "I do," he said, sounding as if he had just been caught in the act of doing something horrible. Edan held out the pillow, mumbling something about not paying attention as he apologized for not bringing the pillow right away.

The priest thanked the boy, Kyo and Tohru taking their appropriate ring from the pillow before Edan ran off to hide behind his father's legs.

"Kyo, please place the ring on the third finger of Tohru's left hand," the priest told the groom. Kyo complied. "Repeat after me: With this ring, I bestow upon you my never ending love. I present it as a symbol of the circle of love we share."

"With this ring, I bestow upon you my never ending love," echoed Kyo. "I present it as a symbol of the circle of love we share."

"Tohru, please place the ring on the third finger of Kyo's left hand," the priest repeated. She did. "Repeat after me: With this ring, I bestow upon you my never ending love. I present it as a symbol of the circle of love we share." Tohru did as she was told, copying the priest's speech word for word.

"These two lives are now forever joined in holy matrimony," the priest preached. "These two find in each other the love that most men and women search for their entire lives. May they grow with compassion and understanding as their love flourishes. Therefor, by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife."

He took a moment to look at them both. He smiled again before continuing. "You may now kiss the bride."

Kyo's heart leapt. This was the moment he'd been waiting for during the entire ceremony. Kyo turned to face his bride; she was already looking up at him with a smile on her face. He leaned in and kissed her, a euphoric sensation entering his body as he did so. It felt to Kyo that in that kiss, all of the affection they had been denied because of their mishap was being expressed. He was sure Tohru felt it too. Kyo was reluctant to break the kiss, but he knew that they couldn't very well stand like that in the church all day, no matter how much he wanted to.

He separated from Tohru and they just stood there staring at each other while applause from the audience filled their ears. Kyo and Tohru looked at each other as if to ask, "Ready to go?" Tohru nodded and the two of them walked out of the chapel to the limo waiting for them by the door.

Kyo sat down the newspaper he was holding on the kitchen table and stood up. The baby was crying in the nursery and he needed to go tend to the child. He walked down the hall and into the nursery, which, five months ago, was the office. Kyo and Tohru had converted the computer room into a baby room two months before Tohru had the baby.

Entering the room, Kyo went to the crib where the three month old little girl lay on her back, crying over some unknown reason. He picked her up and cradled the baby in his arms, rocking her gently to try and calm her.

When the girl didn't stop, Kyo walked out of the room with her and to the kitchen. "It's okay, Taira," Kyo cooed to the little girl. "I'll get you some breakfast."

He opened one of the cupboards and picked out a pink bottle. After filling it with pre-prepared boiling water, Kyo put a spoonful of formula into the bottle and stirred it together. Completing the mixture, he dabbed a bit onto his arm to check the temperature. It was just about right. He held up the bottle for Taira to take, and when she had it in her mouth, walked to the living room and sat down in the rocking chair.

Kyo looked up when he heard a knocking at the door. "Tohru, could you get that?" he called. "I'm feeding Taira and I don't want her to start crying."

"Okay!" he heard his wife call from their room down the hall. Footsteps sounded, and the creak of the door was heard. "Sam, Yuki. Hey! It's a surprise to see you here, Yuki. Normally you have her come in a cab."

"Well, I have a business meeting in town, so I just came on the plane with her," Yuki explained.

"Hi mom!" Kyo heard Samantha say. "Thanks for bringing me over here, Dad. I'll see you this summer."

"Sure, Sam," Yuki said. "Be sure to get help on your math homework before going to school."

"Will do, Dad," Sam replied. Kyo then heard the door close. Samantha and Tohru then walked into the living room and both took a seat on the couch.

"Hey Sam," Kyo greeted. She smiled a response.

"Hey, Mom, Kyo. Can either of you help me with my homework?" Samantha asked. "Dad didn't have time last night."

"You had homework over spring break?" Kyo complained. She nodded.

"And why did you wait until last night to start it?" Tohru scolded. "You had all week to finish. Why didn't you do it?"

"Because Dad and I were having fun at the beach," the eight year old replied sheepishly.

Her mother sighed and rolled her eyes. "Why don't you have Kyo help you," suggested Tohru. "I have to go to work in a few minutes." She then stood up and walked towards the bathroom.

"I've got to put Taira in her play pin before I can help you," Kyo said as he stood up. "Be right back." Samantha nodded and waited while he put the baby in the play pin. "So what's the problem?" he asked as he sat down.

"We're working on multiplication," she explained as she removed her backpack and pulled out a notebook. "But I can't get this problem." She pointed to an equation. 34 9.

"What don't you get about it?" Kyo asked.

"I keep getting the wrong answer," she said. "I get 276, but when I put it in the calculator, it says 306. I don't know what I'm doing wrong."

"Why don't you show me your work," Kyo offered. Samantha nodded and did the problem. She handed the paper for her stepfather to verify. "I see what you did. You forgot to carry the 3."

With a confused face, she took the paper back and looked at her work. "Oh, I did!" Samantha exclaimed. "That's why I got 276. Thanks, Kyo." She then took out an eraser and fixed her work.

"Anything else before I take you to school?"

"Nope," she pipped. "I got everything else." Samantha put all of her things back in her bag and placed it on the ground. "Can I have breakfast? I didn't have anything at Dad's house."

"Sure," Kyo responded. "Just not waffles. You're way too messy with those."

Samantha grinned and poked her tongue out between her teeth as she wrinkled her nose. "I want pancakes, then," she joked.

"How 'bout some cereal?" Kyo suggested.

"Okay, but tomorrow we're having pancakes," Sam warned. They both laughed as they walked into the kitchen to fix up Sam's breakfast.

Okay, I am being extremely lazy, and I'm not going to reply to reviews this time. Sorry! I just want to hurry up and get this posted after I made you guys wait so long for the chapter. Plus, there's this rule that says I can't have contact with the reviewers (which is the stupidest rule). But that's not the reason I'm not responding. If I wasn't being lazy, I would reply anyways, despite what the rule is. But I will still thank all of you, see?

Thank you to all of you who reviewed! khknight, evilinupunk, Chibi Inu Chan, Demon's Amaya, Felflowne, Sana ChiChi, k40Sohma, ILOVEInuyasha07, Unchained3011, RayxJade, Aria's star, Keiko2009, Furubaluver, Miho Yamaguchi, christophirus, deathwaitsfornoone, soccergirl869, Celeste Noir, Audley, PTDM, Escapade08, Alicia, Kathy, Fruits-Basket-Inuyasha-Fan, Karen, and Kyo-13

And I'll answer a few questions that I got in the reviews (despite my hurry). I felt that if there were questions, those, at least, had to be answered since I wasn't replying to everyone. Again, I'm sorry for that!

Will there be one more chapter, or a sequel? Or Both? - ILOVEInuyasha07

As you can see, there was another chapter. As for a sequel, if I get an idea for one, I'll write one. I'm thinking about doing something with Samantha, but I'm not sure. If you have any ideas, then I'll gladly take them.

Are you going to write more fics? - Christophirus

Yes I am. I don't know if my next one will be Fruits Basket, though. I have an Inuyasha one I've been working on, and I started a Yu Yu Hakusho fic, so those will come before any more Fruits Basket ones. Although I do have some pretty good ideas for more Furuba stories...

Where is Kyo headed now? - Celeste Noir

Well, I sort of left it off there. But for those of you who were wondering where he went in the cab, and there were at least two (and I bet others were wondering), he went home. He talked to Tani about what happened with Tohru. She listened and was happy for him. They talked about new living arrangements, which you learned about this chapter. Then Tani moved out, and Tohru moved in (poor Tani). Now Tohru and Kyo share the master bedroom, Samantha lives in Kyo's old room, and the office is a nursery. Tohru got a job as a chef, Kyo still works at the dojo in Nagasaki. Now why didn't I make a chapter out of this, you may ask? Because I hadn't planned on it. I always planned that would be the ending, then I would talk about the wedding. When people asked about it, I didn't write it because it wasn't how I had originally designed the story. I stuck to how I wanted it. I hope my summary of what happened is satisfactory. But if you guys really want me to make a chapter out of it, then just tell me. I might do it.

I want to know how the curse was broken. -Fruits-Basket-Inuyasha-Fan

I guess I sort of started my story after the curse was broken, because I couldn't think of a way myself. I just sort of said that it was, and made my story start after that point. I know, I was lazy to not think of a way, but I just couldn't. So I'm sorry that I didn't say how it broke, but I guess that means you can use your imagination to make up your own way.

How will Samantha act around Kyo? -Fruits-Basket-Inuyasha-Fan

I guess I sort of answered this question in the chapter, but I feel I need to answer it more thoroughly. In chapter 6, you learn how comfortable Samantha is with Kyo. She tells him all of her worries and talks about the problems her parents are having, hoping he could fix it. In a sense, he did. By having them split up (even though that wasn't technically his doing), he made them happier. Tohru by being with the person she truly wants to be with, and Yuki because he didn't have to handle Tohru's emotional instability any longer. As I explained in this chapter, Tohru and Yuki are still friends and Yuki still has partial custody of his daughter. All of these things were solutions to Samantha's problems. Since Kyo was the cause of all these answers, Samantha is very happy with her new stepfather and I imagine she would be very comfortable around Kyo.