Chapter 40: Final Chapter

Princess Sango

Keiichiro woke up next, seeing Karen watching television, and saw Kyoko curled up on the bed next to him. He smiled and stretched; turning to Karen he tried talking to her, "Hi."

Karen turned and looked at him, "Hi, so do you speak English?"

Keiichiro looked at her, "Wakarimasen. Chigaou, eigo desu."

Karen sighed, "I don't understand, do you only know how to say hi?"

Keiichiro sighed and got out of bed, and walked up to her, sitting next to her, gesturing to her, but they didn't understand. "I give up!"

In came Kole and Nyoko came in, "Hopeless eh?"

Karen looked up at her father, "Why can't he speak English?"

Nyoko laughed, "It's because Keiichiro never bothered."

Karen looked at Nyoko, "Are you his mom?"

Nyoko nodded and kissed her son's forehead, "Yes, I am. If you don't know what he's talking about, then ask one of us. Momiji and Hana aren't that good with English though, it's hard for me to just speak it right now."

She turned to Kole, "Tatsukette."

Kole nodded and smiled, "If you need translations, then just ask."

Karen nodded and hugged her brother, "Brother!"

Keiichiro looked confused but shrugged as he hugged her back. He always wondered what it was like to have a sister, or even a brother but he considered himself an only child till there was proof. Holding her was that proof, he did have a sister, and she was American. Smiling he disconnected her from him and walked over to Kyoko who was tossing and turning.

Kyoko opened her eyes quickly and Keiichiro smoothed out her hair, "Are you okay?"

Kyoko nodded but hugged him in a clingy hug, "I had another dream about him, and he was there with me. It's less frequent now, but well…"

"Shh…" Keiichiro whispered trying to calm her. Momiji and Hana entered then and greeted everyone.

"Kyoko-chan! Anata wa genki desu ka?" asked Momiji worriedly.

Kyoko sighed, took a deep breath and nodded to him. "She just had a nightmare Momiji-san." Momiji nodded understandingly.

Kole looked at them but Karen stood up and started tugging at his shirt, "Daddy, mommy might try to get me early."

Kole nodded, pulling out his cell phone and handing it to Karen, "You know what to do with it."

Karen nodded, taking the hand in her small hands and walking outside the hotel room door. Kyoko yawned, "Well, are we having a party in my room?"

Everyone blushed then, noticing they were indeed in the teenager's room. All adults made way to the doors, leaving with a stupid excuse about getting dressed. Karen came back in, running through the joint door to talk with her dad. Kyoko grinned, leaning against Keiichiro's chest, "How do you know the right buttons to push?"

Kyoko sighed, "It's the Sohma intuition my poorly educated English Japanese boy." Her face showed teasing and Keiichiro smiled, starting to tickle her sides. Kyoko giggled at that and tried to get away from his grasp.

Later…

Everyone decided to head down to eat after they had left the teenager's room. Kyoko sat next to Keiichiro, "So you're going to hang out with Kole for a couple days?"

Keiichiro nodded, "I'll be back to spend the last day with you."

Kyoko nodded warily, and as soon as breakfast was over, Keiichiro was gone. Kyoko pouted because Momiji had left as well as Nyoko. That left Hana and Kyoko to fend for themselves. In her usual monotone voice Hana invited Kyoko to the beach. Kyoko gladly accepted, ready for some fun.

In the airport…

Keiichiro waved to Kole and Karen, while boarding the plane. Sitting next to Kyoko, Keiichiro sighed, "This was an interesting week."

Kyoko nodded to him, "Hai this was, but I was sad when you were gone."

Keiichiro leaned over and kissed her cheek, "It's okay Kyoko-chan, you won't lose me to my father. I only needed to meet him, know my other family. You're my life Kyoko."

"You're mine too." Their eyes twinkled as they both made promises to each other of a bright future as the plane took of into the air.

Later that night…

Kyo and Tohru were on the porch, looking up at the sky. No teen was there, and the baby was in bed. Leaning her head on Kyo's head Tohru sighed, "Is this the perfect life?"

"It's far from perfect Tohru-chan, we had many hardships before hand," Kyo asserted as he down at her in his arms.

"What about now?" Tohru asked, looking up into his crimson eyes, losing herself in them.

"Now, it's peaceful Tohru," he held her close to his body, not fearing a cat to come out at any moment.

Tohru closed her eyes and then smiled, "So we're not doomed after all, the Sohma's aren't dark and mysterious anymore."

Kyo nodded and looked down at her, kissing her lips and pulled back, "No Tohru, we're not doomed at all." They looked up at the sky, watching the sky that held the unknown.

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