This is the last chappie of my very long story….sniff they grow up soo fast! Just so u know 'ganbaru' means never give up. Ok? Ok…onto the epilogue…I must treasure these last moments!

Epilogue:

Kohana kicked the ball hard, and shut her eyes tight as she heard the crashing of a window. "Ohmigod! I gotta clean it up!" she rushed inside. She opened the door to the kitchen slightly, since she had to get across the kitchen to get to her room, where she had some supplies and stuff to fix up the window. She tip-toed quietly across the floor, and didn't make a sound. Her parents were always around and had sharp ears, but if she was as quiet as a mouse she could…

"Kohana, what are you up to now?" a voice came from behind her. She jumped and spun around. As usual she had to crane her neck to look up into her father's face. She turned beet red in embarrassment of jumping. He had done it enough times before for her to expect that.

"I was…just trying to get to my room…for...uh…"

Kyo lifted an eyebrow. Kohana couldn't lie and they all knew that.

"Fine! I broke the window with my soccer ball and was gonna fix it! But, you caught me," Kohana shrugged, giving him a smile, in case he would just blow it off.

He did. Kyo ruffled her hair, "Just be more careful. Believe me, I've done worse. Just ask your mother! She was the one always cleanin' up after me. When you're done, tell me and I'll give you some tips on how to control that ball!" Kyo smirked.

Kohana ran off, her bright orange hair coming loose out of her ponytail. "Thanks."

"But I'm not givin' you any money to pay for the glass!" Kyo called after her.

"Dang! Fine, I'll get right on it!" Kohana could still hope that he'll give her money in the future. But, it didn't look like that was too near to happening. For 14 years of her life, Kohana always had to earn her own money. Not because her family was poor or anything, but her parents wanted her to know, from a very young age, that when she made mistakes, she would take the responsibility and fix it.


Kohana reached her tie-dyed orange and pink room. For some reason, the colors brought her at peace, even though her favorite was a creamy colored purple. Her mom was inside the room, folding her clothes to be put away in their drawers. Tohru turned around.

"Kohana, you shouldn't run through the house. What puts you in such a hurry? Did Toshi ask for a date again?"

"Mom, it's nothing really! Toshi isn't really my boyfriend. He just asked me out…two or three times. But it's nothing big! I know, like you always say, there's gonna be some guy that makes me feel…what was the word you used?"

"Extravagant," Tohru answered almost instantly.

"Yea! I knew that! As Dad says, there is gonna be plenty of fish in the sea. Why does he always refer to fish and milk?"

"That's just your father. You know that! Remember the talk?" Tohru questioned her, confused at how she could have forgotten something like that, especially so quickly.

"No, no! I remember. The curse…" Kohana still shuddered whenever she thought about that. About on her 14th birthday, and how her parents sat her down, explaining hers and their past. They also showed her the bracelet, that deathly looking thing, that her father had worn through-out his life. Kohana was just so grateful that the curse had been broken, since now she can hug her father wherever, whenever she wanted. They gave the bracelet to her, and even though they said she could do what she wished with it, she still kept it on her left wrist. She felt connected not only with her parents by it, but also by the mysterious curse that had interfered with, but also began her parent's relationship. And they were so close now.

"Mom, I have a question I need to ask you both," Kohana looked up at her mother, breaking the long silence. She grabbed her mother's arm and pulled her out of the room. "Dad," Kohana called for Kyo. "Come here!"


They sat in the living room on the two couches, Kohana on one, Tohru and Kyo on the other.

"I still have some questions about the curse and everything, because I'm just getting used to it, but there's one that always sticks in my mind," Kohana started. She folded her hands in my lap.

Tohru and Kyo sat silent. They weren't expecting her to actually have the courage to talk to them about something that was obviously behind them. But they admired that. "What ever it is, we'll tell her," Tohru thought. "No lies, No stuttering," Kyo thought. They thought at the same time, "Just the truth. The truth is what's real and it's what she wants to know."

"You told me, that there were many things that you could have done in life, so many people you could have gone with…and you chose each other." Kohana smiled, breaking some of the tension. "When you decided you would always stay together, everything happened so fast. And…you had to overcome so many things…just to be with each other. How? How could you do that? I know it is love, but…it's like a love story. It's like…well…you had to break some of your previous dreams and put them behind you. You gave up so much…and some of it resulted in major problems. How did you pull yourselves through it all? I know it must have been hard, but from what you tell me…it sounds unimaginable and unreal. How did you push through and make it out okay…and together…with each other… in the end?"

They both smiled. Kyo closed his eyes, as if thinking. "It's was what…we promised each other…in the beginning." He looked at Tohru.

She looked back at him, remembering the exact words. "And we would always tell each other…never to give up. Never! And we promised. And that's what we want you to listen to… if you never listen to any thing else we say, we won't care. As long as you listen to this…and follow it's meaning. Ganbaru, Kohana, Never give up. Never give up your hope or your dreams. Because that is the most important thing. Ganbaru."


OMG! My STORY… IT IS FINISHED! NOOOOOOOOOOOO! THAT MAKES ME SAD! That is probably going to be my longest story I will ever submit…cuz this one took like 2 months of pre-writing…and then another month of typing….but I'm still sad! Thank you all who reviewed! You guys have made me soo happy! Plz make sure to read all of my other stories and if you have any questions…I always check my review section wink anyways…cya lata in my other stories…KYORU FOREVER! TOGETHER FOREVER! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! (throws up orange and pink sparkly fairy dust in air, twirls around, waves 'bye-bye', and with a great cloud of orange smoke…disappears as the scene fades to black)