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"Stop right there, that's exactly where I lost it.
See that line, I never should have crossed it." –Relient K

Sarah stood beside Little Yukito along with three of the six sisters. The newborn, which Sarah had christened Kisa, watched with wide, curious eyes from Kagome's arms. Azurine and Sadie were a few feet away tracing the last bit of the alchemy circle.

Everyone looked at Yuto as he approached carrying a large bundle wrapped in a lavender cloth. He walked into the circle and placed it in the center. Once done, he left the circle and went to stand with the others who weren't participating in the ceremony.

Sarah, 'Kito, Sadie, Azurine, Saki, Sakura, and Sage all stood around the circle, holding hands. Sadie lowered her eyes and began to mutter ancient, mysterious words under her breath.

The minutes ticked away. 'Kito was fidgeting between Sarah and Sage. Saki began to mimic him.

Finally, something began to happen. Each of them felt a pull at their magic and a dark plume of smoke threaded its way out of the bundle. Saki, 'Kito, Sage, and Sakura all looked a little woozy because what little magic they had had already been sucked out. They soon started out of their daze, however, when the bundle suddenly burst into flames.

"Sadie!" Azurine cried, fighting the urge to let go. "You didn't say this would happen! The kids!"

"They'll be fine. You can let go now. Sakura, Saki, close your eyes now. You too, Sage," she said.

Azurine looked at Sadie wondering why, but said nothing when she saw that her sister was gripping her forehead and looking faint. The spell had taken its toll on her the most because shehad beenthe one channeling the magic and casting the spell. Instead, Azurine looked back at the burning bundle and found a body lying there in its place.

He was a young man with dark hair and dark blue eyes. He was completely naked except for a pair of glasses perched on his nose. The reason he still had his glasses was, as Sarah later hypothesized, that the metal and glass had melted into his face when he died, making it a part of him. The spell reviving him brought all of 'him' back including the glasses, which had melded with him.

He looked around as he sat up and slowly blinked, once, twice, before focusing on Azurine and Sarah.

"What's going on?" he said in a voice like a person waking from a dream. "Um, what happened to your dog-ears, Azurine? Sarah! I thought you were dead!" Now he began to perk up. "Wait, aren't I dead? You both look so different…wait...where are my clothes!"

Sadie, blushing beet red, threw a sheet over him. "There."

"What's going on?" he cried.

"Come on and get dressed," Azurine said, taking his hand, "and then I'll tell you all about it."

He followed her, trying to wrap the sheet around him as he walked.

Yukito had returned.

"So, Sadie told us what to do, and, well, here you are," Azurine finished.

"So, you did…kill me, then?" Yukito asked in shock. He was dressed in his traditional lavender robes.

"I'm so sorry, Yukito, I am. So, so sorry! You don't understand, I lost all control…please forgive me." Azurine was in tears.

"Whoa, whoa, it's okay. Calm down. So, Yuto really turned out to be good?" he asked Sarah. "And the two of you got married?"

Sarah smiled shyly, and nodded. She was always shy when people talked about her and Yuto. "We had a son and named him after you."

Yukito looked back at Azurine. "And you're with Miroku, now, and both you and Sarah are pregnant.

Azurine blushed as her tears stopped momentarily. She nodded. "Yes, we are."

Yukito smiled and laughed. "He'd better be making you happy, or I might have to whisk you away."

Azurine blushed again and smiled.

"Stop that, Yukito," Sarah snapped coldly. "Leave her alone. She's happily married and expecting a child. She is perfectly fine. You missed your chance."

"Sarah, don't be so cruel," Yukito whined. Sarah was clenching her fists. "I mean, how would you feel," he continued obliviously, "if you liked someone and that someone never noticed your feelings? You just don't understand."

That was it. Sarah stood and punched Yukito squarley in the nose. He went tumbling backwards and slid into a wall. He sat back up quickly and stared at Sarah. Azurine gasped, but said nothing as she knew what Sarah meant by it. Yukito, however did not.

"What the hell was that for!"

Doing her best to keep herself under control, Sarah responded, "I don't understand? Yukito, that was for not realizing that I had a major crush on you for two flipping years! Do you know how many times I tried to tell you?"

Yukito stared in shock. "You…liked me?" he gasped.

"Make it five years, Sarah," Azurine added.

"Oi, I was dead for three years. You can't have expected me to figure it out then, could you? And you were just as bad," he accused ofAzurine.

"I am a naïve little girl who never had a crush before my husband," she explained. "You should have realized that."

"I told you," Sarah sang sadistically.

"Leave me alone!"

Outside the hut, Miroku chuckled to himself. "It's as if the past three years never happened."

A few jokes later, Yukito became serious. "Azurine, you say you've been to the future lately. Do you know what's become of my family?"

Azurine went a hideous ghostly white color. "I was hoping you wouldn't ask me that, Yukito,but, alright, if you insistYou see, after you left, your family missed you very much. I think your father missed you most of all. He disappeared six months after you died and…I'm sorry, Yukito, your father is dead."

"What about my brothers?" he asked, turning just as white as Azurine, now.

"Yuki is still alive, but Sam, however, died a year after of Scarlet Fever."

"What about Aiko? Please tell me my sister is okay."

Azurine's eyes began to well up with tears, again. You're sister disappeared on a visit to Sam's grave. She hasn't been seen since, but it is suspected that she was kidnapped."

"But, my family used to be huge! This can't have happened!"

"I'm so sorry, Yukito." Azurine began to cry again.

Sarah sat by quietly wondering why Azurine had never told her about all of this.

Azurine was quickly overcome with a wave of sickness. She rushed from the hut, pushed past Miroku, and dove into the woods.

Miroku watched Azurine dash into the woods. She looked very upset and sick to her stomach.

He followed after her and found her behind a tree. "Azurine, are you okay?"

He was answered by the sound of retching and he winced.

"Y…yes, I'm alright."

"You don't sound alright."

Azurine came out from behind the tree, using it to keep herself standing. She smiled weakly. "See?" she said, softly, "I'm okay."

"Come here," Miroku said, unconvinced.

She pushed herself off of the tree, but instead of staying up, she fell forward. Miroku caught her and she gripped his shoulders tightly, her face in his chest.

"You're not well," Miroku said as he held her up. "You shouldn't be walking about."

"Ugh, I'm fine. Don't panic. It's just stress. It took a lot of magic to bring Yukito back."

"Then why didn't any of the children get sick? Or Sarah? You shouldn't even be using magic, either of you. You have babies to worry about.

"Nyehh!" Azurine's eyes widened and she pushed herself off to stand on her own. "I totally forgot!"

Miroku grabbed her shoulders before she could fall again and scooped her up. "Okay, that's it. You're going to bed."

"N-no, I'm fine."

"You're sick. Let me take care of you," he said as he walked back to their home.

"B-but, don't you have other things to do?"

"You're more important."

"I…am?" Azurine was confused.

He looked at her in awe. "Of course. You didn't think I'd put silly work over you? Now, let's get you home before Sage starts to worry."

Azurine smiled and as her world faded, she looked at Miroku and was happy to be alive.

Miroku set her down on the bed as she slept. Just as he thought about sinking into bed himself, there was a voice at the door.

"Azurine. We need to talk. The Witch's Council is fast approaching."

Miroku walked out of the bedroom to find Sadie wandering around, looking for Azurine. "I'm sorry, Sadie. Azurine's not well right now. She just fell asleep."

"Oh, what's wrong with her, Miroku?" She blinked concernedly.

"She's having a bout of morning sickness and the strain on her magic from the ceremony made it worse."

She looked sad, but it was hard to read her emotions. She, too, looked strained but not sickly. "When she's better, would you tell her to come and see me? I need to train her a little before we leave?"

Miroku nodded in compliance and Sadie left.

Chapter End

Well, it's almost council time and a new meeting is on the horizon. Who is this new person and how will they affect out heros? Find out next time. Bai-bai!