Author's Note: Here it is! The end to "Echoes of a Forgotten Love" I hope that everyone enjoyed it while it lasted! Thank you to everyone that read and reviewed throughout the story! Your effort was MUCH appreciated! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! This is Stardust730 signing off!

Epilogue

Five Years Later

Another year seemed to have passed by in the blink of an eye. And for Tohru and her family, it was a wonderful time. Christmas spirit was in the air, and their four year old child, Kameko, was in high spirits. It was her first Christmas that she was going to see all of the Sohma members. They were always so busy, but, this year, thankfully, they all found the time to spend Christmas together.

"Daddy!" a little girl ran towards her father's figure on the very walkway on which Tohru and Yuki had met that eventful day so long ago. A handsome man in his late twenties turned to greet his child with a big hug.

"How was your day shopping with Mommy?" he gently rubbed noses with her. She was very pretty. She had her mother's beautiful chestnut hair and her father's wonderful amethyst eyes. Even as a child, she was beautiful. It was only a matter of time before she started attracting boys.

"It was so much fun! Wait until you see what we got you!" she laughed jovially and clung to her father's neck.

Tohru lagged behind with a shopping bag in her hand. She wore a long black overcoat and her hair was slightly shorter than it used to be and was slightly wavy. She wore long black pants with black shoes. Her scarf was dark red and with the snow gently falling all around them, it looked like a snow globe.

Yuki gently set Kameko back on the ground and smiled at his wife lovingly as she approached him. When she reached him, her hugged her and gave her a sweet but light kiss on the lips before gently whispering in her ear. "Hello, Princess, I hope you had a pleasant day," he used his nickname for her.

"Yes, I did as a matter of fact," she smiled her eyes sparkling.

"So, what did you get me?" he asked with an innocent look on his face.

"I'm not telling you that easily!" she laughed and it rang out like bells into the atmosphere.

"It was worth a try," he shrugged with a smile playing softly on his lips.

He put an arm around Tohru's waist and put out his hand for the bag. She gratefully gave it to him, and took Kameko's hand in her's and the three slowly walked on.

As Yuki watched Tohru and Kameko running and prancing in the snow and Kameko throwing little piles of snow at her mother and her mother dodging and laughing while tickling her every once in a while, he realized something. For the first time in his life, he was happy. All the money in the world didn't compare to the happiness he felt right now with his family. He felt as if he could face any difficulty in life if Tohru and his daughter was by his side.

All he needed was them.

"Mewwy Chwistmas! Mewwy Chwistmas!" Kameko ran about Shigure's house with 'Merry Christmas' on her lips. It was Christmas Eve and all the Sohma's were coming to spend it together.

"Oh, she's absolutely adorable! I can't wait to get my hands on her and make dresses for my little niece!" Ayame's face lighted up with glee at the thought as he held out his arms to enfold the little girl.

"Aya! Don't keep the girl all to yourself!" Shigure came down the stairs and smiled at the group that had formed by the door.

"Shii-San!" the girl bounded towards him. Shigure had been with her since her first Christmas and had a very close bond with him.

"Oh, I feel so abandoned!" Ayame continued to drone and complain about how Kameko left him for Shigure.

"Aw, quit complaining!" Kyo and Kagura came through the open front door. They were at last married and Kagura's stomach was getting larger each month. Kyo gently supported his wife with a smile on his face.

"Kagura!" Tohru stood in front of her with a smile and her hands clasped together. "I'm so happy for you! Is it a boy or a girl?"

The two women went hand in hand towards the living room to catch up a little. Hatori came to join the jolly group of people with his son.

And all in a gust of wind and 'I'm sorrys' Ritsu, Rin, Kisa, Hiro, Momiji, Kureno, Kazuma, and Hatsuharu came to complete the trio. They were all together again.

Many of them had changed. Momiji was the handsome man that the President had pictured that day so long ago in high school. He now wore men's clothing, and like the other Sohma's, he was handsome! Kisa and Hiro were still going out and their affection for each other gradually grew stronger over time as they were healed from Akito's wrath. Of course, they would never forget. Rin and Haru were back together and looked quite happy by the sight of it.

Kazuma was still a fatherly figure towards Kyo, but he had a wife now and three children. A boy, named Mieko, a girl named Machiko, and another girl named Yoshiko. The youngest was the same age as Kameko and they were fast friends. Machiko was quite polite and prim and sat next to her mother's side quiet as a mouse. Mieko was the eldest and seven. He reminded Yuki very much of how he used to be at that age. Quiet and serene.

After a while, Tohru put up mistletoe's all over the house carefully. She had one behind her back as she approached Yuki. When she reached him, she put it over both of them and with a smile, quietly said. "Mistletoe," her soft turquoise eyes sparkled with amusement. Yuki smiled. And leaned down to kiss her. Tohru dropped the mistletoe and ran her fingers through his hair as he embraced her.

A whoop came from the living room as Shigure grinned pervertedly at the sight and Ayame came in shouting at the top of his lungs:

"Ah, the love between a Prince and his Princess! What a wonderful sight!" all the while, he clapped his hands together and Hatori smiled benevolently as the two pulled away with their cheeks bright red.

Shigure, Haru and the other men pulled Yuki away from Tohru fiercely with smiles on their faces.

"Now, Yuki, just because you're married doesn't mean you can just forget about us! Come on, spend some time with us too!" Shigure whined incessantly.

Yuki laughed at his actions and they all were slightly taken aback by his outgoing personality.

"I guess marriage really did change you. You were never like this before," Haru soberly remarked.

"Tohru really healed all of us. Especially me. She made me realize that in my life, there really were things worth living for. My family, her, and even for myself," he smiled to no one in particular.

Tohru walked in to see Yuki surrounded by Haru, Hiro, Hatori, Shigure, Ayame, Kazuma, and even Kyo. He was laughing and smiling with everyone like never before.

She remembered that day so long ago when he confessed to her that he envied Kyo because of his knack with getting along with normal people. Over time, she realized that Yuki had gained what he had wanted. Freedom from the curse and friends and family. She walked over to where Yuki was sitting on the couch surrounded by everyone and plopped herself on his lap.

"May I join you all?" she smiled mischievously at an astonished Yuki.

All the guys "ohhed" him like high school boys. Tohru laughed at their response and stroked Yuki's hair lovingly. Kagura stood by the doorway and watched this sight. She smiled at the way that Yuki had changed since that day long ago when all of them hadn't met the likes of Tohru. She had clearly changed all of their lives. She was the best thing that could've ever happened to them.

"It's a wonderful sight, isn't it?" Kyo softly whispered in her ear.

"It is. You and Yuki have gotten along much better since she came, right?" Kagura looked up into his eyes.

"Yes, that damn Yuki," he smiled when he said that though. It didn't have any of the bitterness that it used to have.

"That Tohru. She's quite a woman. Changing our lives like this. Breaking our curse. Melting Yuki's cold, cold heart," Kyo smiled softly at Tohru as she was being torn away from Yuki by Ayame who dragged her into the kitchen and Yuki longingly looking at her receding figure.

Kagura laughed softly. "He can't bear to be without her, can he?"

"It seems that way, doesn't it?" he smiled.

"Hey, it's snowing," Mieko declared for the first time looking like he was actually his age as he ran towards the window to see the snow gently falling down. Tohru got up from her position to stare at the white snowflakes fall down.

"I guess we're going to be having a white Christmas. The last time we had a white Christmas was…" Shigure drifted off as he thought about it.

"Six years ago," Both Yuki and Tohru answered at the same time.

"Yeah, I guess so. Wow. I guess you guys really like snow, huh?" Shigure commented putting his hands together.

They looked at each other and smiled secretively. Yes, it was a day of remembrance. It was the day that all of this started. And the day when everything changed. it was that day that they had met. And exactly six years later, they were together, forever. Never to be apart. Yuki pulled Tohru outside and looked up at the sky and breathed out making his breath smoke.

"Yes, I guess you could say it's an act of love, don't you think? Kyoko is blessing us with the beautiful snow," Yuki smiled at Tohru.

"Yes, I think it is. Mom is saying that she's happy that things turned out the way they did. It's quite a remarkable world. You never know what could happen," Tohru looked up at the sky and smiled.

You really never do know what could happen. For the two people, Fate had a lot in store for them. It was only the beginning of a wonderful story.