Author's Note: Hey everyone! Well, here's the epilogue. I hope you'll all enjoy it. One of my best friends and I have been working our butts off for the school talent show (tryouts are next week). She's been taking dance for nearly a year and is very talented. I, on the other hand, look like a wounded penguin trying to fly. Lol! We'll be better by next week, though. Here are the name translations:
Hikaru: Light
Aiko: Love Child (They call her Ai, or love, for short)
Enjoy the epilogue!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho.
The doorbell rang loudly, signaling the visitors' arrival. Kurama hurried to answer the door, eager to see his old friends. It was ten years later (A/N: They would be twenty-six). Everyone was gathering for an impromptu reunion, and they were all excited.
"Yusuke! Keiko! I'm glad you could come," Kurama said happily. The couple walked in hand in hand.
"Hey Kurama," Yusuke greeted. "How's life been?"
"Great, thanks." Kurama turned and called back into the kitchen, "K'Ray! Yusuke and Keiko are here!"
The fox's wife came into the living room, smiling. "Hi guys! It's good to see you."
"How's the pregnancy going?" Keiko asked enthusiastically. K'Ray placed a hand on her rounded abdomen, laughing when she felt the baby inside kick. She was nearing the middle of her eighth month and the child was expected to be born in December.
"Good," the Ryokun replied. "Though I could live without the morning sickness."
"Do you know if it's a boy or girl?" Yusuke asked. Kurama shook his head.
"We want it to be a surprise," he explained.
The doorbell rang again, this time emitting Shiziru, Kuwabara, and Yukina. The ice maiden and the carrot top were engaged to be married in three months' time. Kuwabara was grinning in his special vacant way.
"Yo!" he greeted, wasting no time in plopping himself down on the couch. "How's everyone doing?"
Everyone responded in turn and were just grabbing some drinks when Koenma and Botan came in. The classic greetings were traded, and soon the conversation drifted into general things.
At that moment, a loud wail came from the backyard. A small boy, around five, came running inside, his shocking red hair tousled and his violet eyes shining.
"Kasaan! Tousan!" he cried, jumping into Kurama's arms, "Uncle Hiei's not playing fair!"
Kurama sighed in feigned exasperation. "What did he do this time, Hikaru?"
Hikaru twined his hands in his father's long locks, just as he always did when he was about to tell something he thought was important. "We were playing hide-and-seek, but Uncle keeps using his Jagan eye to find us, and if you ask me, that's not really seeking, is it?"
Yusuke roared with laughter. "The shrimp is playing hide and seek?" he asked breathlessly when he got over his fit.
Hikaru, just noticing the other adults in the room, blushed shyly. He looked at his mother for support. K'Ray nodded for him to continue. Bravely, Hikaru went and stood in front of Yusuke.
"We always play hide-and-seek with Uncle and sometimes tag too, but he usually wins that game 'cause he's so fast. But Ai wins a lot 'cause she can control plants like Tousan and he taught her how to make tripwires," he informed the detective.
"And what can you do?" Yukina asked. Hikaru faced her proudly, a large smiling on his beaming face.
"I can make things move with my mind," he exclaimed. "It's fun! But once I hit Tousan with a rock. That was bad."
"But funny," K'Ray laughed. Kuwabara and Yusuke fell into fresh peals of laughter as well. Hikaru looked confused, but was spared his dignity when another person came into the room.
"Hi Kasaan! Hi Tousan!" Aiko giggled. Hikaru's twin (like Yukina and Hiei) was riding piggy back on Hiei's shoulders as he came into the room. Her pitch black hair was cut into layers that fell just below her shoulders, and her emerald green eyes were flecked with sparks of amber.
The girl waved at everyone as Hiei set her down. She had never been a shy little girl, and today was no exception. "I'm Aiko!" she said happily. "Everyone calls me Ai."
Keiko smiled. Every time the friends came over to Kurama and K'Ray's house (which was a lot), they got the same greeting from Ai. She's going to have a lot of friends when she grows up, the brunette thought. She looked over at her husband, but Yusuke jerked his head a little in a signal to wait.
Hiei sat down in his customary corner, nodding curtly at everyone. He was usually in the Makai, doing missions for Mukuro, but whenever he dropped back into the Human World he stayed at the fox and the Ryokun's house. They had set up a room for him to sleep in for as long as he wanted to stay.
"Well, who wants something to eat?" K'Ray asked. She stood up with difficulty, her swollen middle making it hard to get up and down.
"I do!" Kuwabara said. Hikaru giggled, poking his finger at the carrot top.
"You eat a lot, Uncle Kuwabara," he said. Yukina, Keiko, Shiziru, and Botan all hid laughter behind their hands. Hikaru didn't talk a lot, but when he did it was hilarious.
"Well, your mom cooks really well," Yusuke put in. Looking over at Keiko, he hastily added, "But so does your Aunt Keiko, right?"
Ai cocked her head. "That's not what you told me," she said in confusion. "You said that Aunt Keiko's cooking tasted like-"
"Heaven! Tasted like heaven," Yusuke covered loudly. He smiled sheepishly at Keiko, who sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Actually, we have something we'd like to tell everyone," the brunette began. She held onto Yusuke's hand, blushing. "I'm pregnant."
"What!" everyone else said in surprise. Yusuke beamed.
"Yep. We found out a week ago."
Kurama laughed. "That's wonderful!" he exclaimed. "Congratulations."
"Great, we already have two troublesome kits running around and another on the way. Now you're telling me the detective will have one, too?" Hiei asked in his usual gruff way, but it was said with a smile.
"We get another friend?" Ai asked excitedly. When Keiko nodded, the little girl began jumping up and down. "Did you hear that, Hikaru? The family's getting bigger!"
The gang laughed, pleased at the little girl's eagerness. It was good to be together.
The End
Author's Note: Well, how'd you like it? I hope you did. It was fun to write! So, this is the end of "It's Only A Dream." Kinda sad, isn't it? But don't worry, I have another story coming in a few weeks. I'm sure you'll get a kick out of it. Please review and tell me how you liked the way everything ended. See ya soon!