A/N: All riiiight, finally, last chapter! w00t, all of you guys have been SO incredibly patient it's like… not even funny. You guys kick total tailfin. You'll get your extra thank-yous at the end, I'll let you just plain read the chapter now. n.n

33. Unveiling the Stalker and a Dance to Remember

LAST TIME: The girl lowered her fan and smiled at him, handing him the flawless red rose. She then took off her sunglasses, folded them up, and put them in her purse. Next, she removed her baseball cap, letting her hair cascade back down and rest around her shoulders. She looked absolutely beautiful, now that she had revealed herself as…

Keiko.

At first, Kurama was shocked. Keiko? Never in a million years would he have guessed that his own personal stalker would be Keiko Yukimura… But he was glad. He was glad that it was Keiko. He smiled. "Hey there… Keiko."

Keiko breathed a sigh of relief. She was hoping that Kurama would still like her once she had revealed who she was. She wrapped her arms around Kurama's neck and kissed him passionately on the lips, enjoying the romantic moment…

…until Hiei and Shizuru came along and ruined it. The two of them walked in and immediately spotted Kurama and Keiko in the corner, locking lips like there was no tomorrow. With a disgusted look on his face, Hiei nudged Kurama hard on the shoulder, making his appearance known to them.

"Get a room," he said jokingly as he tried to turn his smile into a glare.

Kurama blushed and smiled too. "Hello, Hiei," he said. Shizuru made eye contact with Keiko and winked. Shizuru was one of the only ones who knew who Keiko actually was, and Shizuru was glad that Kurama and Keiko were still getting along well after she had revealed herself. That was Keiko's one big fear: What if he doesn't like me anymore after I show him who I am…? What happens once allure of mystery is gone…? But it was no longer a fear to her – she knew that Kurama loved her just the way she was, and that made everyone happy.

Next, Botan and Yusuke walked through the door, both looking very nice and spiffy in their formal dress clothes, even though Yusuke looked like he wanted to tear the sweater he was wearing into little tiny pieces and burn them. "Hi!" Botan shouted loudly, waving at Kurama, Keiko, Hiei, and Shizuru.

They all waved back, but Kurama and Keiko noticed that Yusuke was avoiding Keiko's eyes. Keiko's heart melted; she knew she probably hurt Yusuke a lot just be being there with another boy, but she just couldn't continue her relationship with the Spirit Detective; she didn't feel anything for him anymore. It was all Kurama now…

"You and Botan make such a cute couple," she complimented, trying to lift Yusuke's spirits. Both Yusuke and Botan blushed, Botan giggling a little bit.

"Uh, thanks…" Yusuke said, flustered.

Botan looked at Hiei and remembered Keiko telling her that she had a crush on him. She also remembered that Shizuru did also. She didn't know about Kurama's stalker, and she was about to ask which girl Hiei was with when she was interrupted by Kuwabara and his date, some girl they didn't know, walking in.

Kuwabara had a smug, pleased-with-himself look on his face like he saying, "You guys were wrong, I am a sexy hunk of cheeseburger. I got a hot date!" As he walked with Kira over to his friends, all of their mouths dropped open.

"Woah, Kuwabara, how did you manage actually getting a date?" Yusuke asked, his mouth open as wide as it would go.

"It's amazing what money can buy, my friend," Kuwabara whispered huskily to him.

Yusuke rolled his eyes. Of course…

"So what's her name, baby bro?" Shizuru asked, staring at Kira with dislike.

"Kira Atoshi," Kira said, crossing her arms. "And just so you don't get the wrong idea, I'm not here because I actually like your little friend here, I'm just here because I'm getting paid good money to do this. So if you just leave me to my brooding, we'll get along fine."

It was all everyone else could do to keep from laughing. Even Hiei had a tiny hint of a smile on his face.

At that moment, Yukina walked into the school's gym, looking stunning in her white yukata. Kuwabara's eyes nearly popped out of his head at her beauty; despite the fact that Yukina didn't love him, he still had feelings for her, and those feelings were made much stronger by Yukina's spectacular appearance. "Hey, Yukina-chan," he said in a fakey masculine voice. "You're lookin' good tonight."

Hiei shot a murderous glare at Kuwabara, who immediately shut up. "Yukina doesn't love you, and you will not flirt with her," he said threateningly. Kuwabara nodded and kept his mouth shut. Kira didn't even seem to notice…

"Hello," Yukina said, smiling. "Has anybody been looking for me?"

They all shook their heads no. "Why would somebody be looking for you?" Shizuru asked bluntly.

"I was asked to come here by an anonymous man who rescued me when I went back to the Makai for a while," Yukina replied. Almost everybody looked confused.

"When did you go to the Makai?" Yusuke asked.

"A few days ago," Yukina said offhandedly. "It was no big deal…"

Just then, a handsome teenaged boy with gorgeous brown hair appeared by Yukina's side, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Hello, Yukina," he said.

Yukina turned around and saw herself face-to-face with the teenaged Koenma. "Koenma-sama!" she gasped. "It was you who rescued me from that demon in the Makai?"

"Yes it was," said Koenma, flipping his hair. "You look beautiful tonight, Yukina."

Yukina giggled and blushed. So it was Koenma who rescued me… she thought. I'm glad. I like Koenma…

Botan was getting impatient; she kept getting interrupted when she wanted to ask Hiei who he was with. Finally, she just blurted out, "Hiei, which girl are you with?"

Hiei looked down and grunted, "Shizuru…"

"Ohhh…!" Botan giggled. "Shizuru, you lucky girl!" Shizuru's face turned a dark shade of crimson. Then Botan looked at Keiko. "But what about you? I thought you like Hiei too!"

Nearly everyone in the group stared at Keiko. "What?" they all said in unison.

Keiko blushed. "I'm sorry, Hiei!" she apologized. "It was a lie. I didn't want to tell you who I really liked, Botan, so I just said the first person that came to my head!"

"Oooh, you're a sneaky one," Shizuru said teasingly, pinching Keiko's cheek. Meanwhile, Hiei pretended not to look offended.

"The person I really love is Kurama," Keiko finished with a shy smile.

"And I love you too," Kurama said, putting his arm around Keiko's shoulders and pulling her closer to his body.

Botan went crazy. "Oh, you two make such a cute couple!" she gushed. "I never would've guessed that you two liked each other! Oh my gosh, I should start writing out invitations—"

"Invitations for what?" Keiko asked nervously.

"Well, your wedding of course!"

Keiko and Kurama blushed furiously. "Uh…"

The night seemed to fly by much too fast for everyone's liking. All of the couples shared lots of dances, ate lots of cookies, and got dumped on by falling confetti numerous times. It was, without a doubt, the best night of their lives.

Shizuru and Hiei had even confessed their love for each other that night. They tried to get away from all of the people so they could do it in private but little did they know, Botan had led everybody to go eavesdrop on them and they heard it all:

"Hiei, there's something I have to tell you," Shizuru said seriously.

"Me too," said Hiei.

"You first."

Hiei took a deep breath and whispered in Shizuru's ear, "I love you."

Shizuru smiled broadly and gave Hiei the biggest bear hug she could. "I love you too, Hiei!" she said. "I'm glad you feel the same way…" And she leaned down to kiss Hiei….

The group had laughed so hard after they saw Shizuru and Hiei kiss, that everyone turned to stare at them. The yearbook committee grabbed their cameras and took numerous pictures of the romantic scene. Shizuru and Hiei finally noticed that nearly everybody in the whole gym was staring at them and both blushed the color of Kurama's hair.

Shizuru and Hiei weren't the only ones who enjoyed themselves. Despite her bitter disposition, Kira had even had fun with Kuwabara. Kuwabara was so funny, trying so hard to act all macho in front of her. She had enjoyed herself that night; she never got to make fun of anybody so much in such a short amount of time…

"Hey, Kuwabara," she said as everybody was heading home for the night. "Since you were such a stupid idiot, I'll give you a discount. This will only cost you twenty dollars." She handed Kuwabara eighty dollars from his hundred dollar bill and smiled. "See you later, loser." She winked.

Kurama chuckled. "Looks like this is a happy ending for everybody," he said.

"Yep," said Keiko. "A most happy ending indeed…" And Kurama leaned down to give Keiko one last kiss...

END

A/N: Wooo, that ending was corny as crap. I had forgotten how infinitely bad it was… / Eh. Well, everybody's got a love interest here, we're all happy, w00t w00t hooray. Anyway, thank ALL OF YOU SO MUCH for sticking with this story, reading, reviewing, adding me to your favorites and such. That's awesome. Thanks thanks thanks again, and don't forget to pick up a complimentary Puu-shaped cookie that even talks! Oh yeah, and YES, there is a sequel to this. Umm... what's it called... uhhh… "Reunion", that's it! So yeah. Stay tuned for that one. Thanks so much again, you guys rock!

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