Last chapter! Fast, yes, and this fic isn't really good, I know, but that's all there is to this sequel

I have to admit, while doing this I was in much haste; I had a new idea for another 'after Shaman Fight' fic, and wanted to start as soon as possible.

For those who have been with me since Three Years Later, thank you very much for your support! And for those who only started with this sequel, thank you very much as well! I hope you will enjoy this last chapter! Do continue to support my fics, yeah? I'll keep improving (and try to take lesser time to update)! Review please! Thank you very much!

Final Chapter: Memories

15 Years later, Year 2025

Asakura Hana stood in front of his parents' graves, smiling sadly as his sister Fuyu, sobbed silently beside him.

"We're here to visit, mum, dad." He said quietly, his voice sounding like his father's, pleasant and soothing. Hana turned to Fuyu. "Stop crying, sis. Mum's not going to be happy. Who knows, she might slap you for being a crybaby at your age."

"Aw, shaddup, Hana," Fuyu snapped, brushing her tears away indignantly, "Being 21 doesn't mean I can't cry, ok?"

She turned to stare at her brother, who was a splitting image of their father. Looking at him made Fuyu's heart ache terribly, and Hana knew it. He laughed a little. "Stop looking at me like that, or you're gonna blame me for making you cry, yeah?"

"It's your fault for looking like dad, ok!" Fuyu exclaimed, turning to look at Asakura Yoh's picture on the gravestone. "What about you?" Hana retorted, caressing Anna's picture gently, "You look like mum too, but I don't cry when I look at you."

There was a short silence, and Fuyu replied, "I don't look like mum. Not one bit. Mum's too… beautiful…" She too, reached out and touched Anna's picture softly.

It's a lie, and Fuyu knew it. She really did look like Anna, just like Hana looked like Yoh, but there was something different…Fuyu can never be like their mother, no matter how hard she tried, whereas Hana always laughed and spoke like their father, without any effort at all.

"You're beautiful too," Hana told her gently, leaning over to brush the dust off Yoh's picture, "I'm sure dad would say the same… After all, when he was alive, he always goes on about how pretty you are and how much you look like mum…"

'And mum would always say how powerful you will be when you grew up," Fuyu interrupted with a soft laugh, "Mum and dad were…really weird, weren't they?"

Hana chuckled when he heard Fuyu's words. "Their spirits are listening, Fuyu," He warned her with a good-natured grin, "Mum's gonna get angry."

"Aw, shucks," Fuyu retorted with a pout, "Mum won't hurt me…" She cocked her head to one side thoughtfully, and then felt someone push her forward gently. "Hey!" She cried indignantly, losing her balance and falling forwards, "Who the heck was that who pushed my head!"

"Huh? Pushed your head?" Hana repeated in surprise, "But….There's no one behind you…" He pointed behind, and Fuyu turned. True enough, no one was in sight. "It can't be me," Hana said hastily when Fuyu glared at him, "I'm sitting in front of you, ok?"

There was a short silence, and then Hana gasped.

"It must have been mum and dad!"

"Don't be stupid, Hana,' Fuyu began, "Why would mum or dad do that to me?"

"Because you said they were weird, Fu." Hana reminded her, and she bit her lip. "And," Hana continued, "You went ahead and got engaged to Soujiro even though mum said he was too young for you!"

Asakura Soujiro sneezed violently, and getting up from his study table, he leant forwards to draw the curtains, blocking out the wind.

"Finally willing to draw the curtains, huh?" His sister, Areno, asked dully from beside him, and he grinned clumsily. "Well, yeah, won't be good to catch a cold, would it? Besides, if I didn't, when Fuyu returns from her grave visiting, she would've shut the window for me."

Areno frowned. "You really shouldn't be too dependable on cousin Fuyu, Souji, although she's older, and will be your wife soon…"

"Don't worry, I may not look it, but I'm dependable too, oops…." As he spoke, Soujiro toppled tea over his essay, and Areno almost fell off her chair.

"Oh yeah? Which part!" She exclaimed in exasperation, and Soujiro laughed stupidly. "Really," she said stiffly, throwing him the table cloth (don't ask me why there's a table cloth in their room, there just happen to be one), "I don't know what you'll do without someone as capable as cousin Fuyu…You're lucky mum and dad approved of your relationship…" She looked out of the bedroom and saw their parents, relaxing in their room opposite.

"Yes, yes," Soujiro said, brushing a strand of sandy brown hair off his handsome face, "On the contrary, Are-re, shouldn't you be thinking about finding a mate too?"

Areno blushed, and turned away, fiddling with her shoulder length hair in embarrassment, "I'm only 19, for goodness sake! I'm not like you, ok!" She took a deep breath to calm herself down, and Soujiro continued to grin as he said. "Ok, I get it. Besides, I'm sure what you really want is to see mum and dad happy and for them to know that they can depend on you if they ever needed anything, am I right?"

Areno smiled softly, and, glancing out at her parents again, she nodded gently, and Soujiro smiled knowingly at her.

"Mum, dad, you can rest. Just leave the kitchen to Rin and me."

Umemiya Kyo told Jun and Ryu the moment he entered the kitchen with Tao Rin, and saw his father's silly hair bobbing up and down behind the stove.

"Ya sure ya can handle it, rascal?" Ryu asked gruffly, slapping Kyo on the back, causing Kyo to glare. "Yes I can, and excuse me; I'm no longer a rascal, old man!" He retorted, and as Ryu tried to pummel Kyo down, Rin and Jun hurried forwards to tear the two men away from each other.

"Gee, how old are you already, and you're still behaving like a silly kid!" Jun said reprovingly, whacking Ryu on the head. Rin grinned at Kyo. "We're here to help, not fight, ok?" she told him gently, and he blushed.

"Aw, mum, pops, just leave the kitchen to us, how many times must I say that!" Kyo asked, ruffling his black hair with annoyance, and Jun smiled. "Ok, ok, we'll trust you and Rin with the kitchen…Let's go, Ryu…"

Once they left the kitchen, Kyo sighed and began to rummage the fridge for meat. Rin stood behind him, smiling slightly.

"Why won't you outwardly tell them how much you care, Kyo?" she asked; It all seemed very easy to straightforward Rin, so why couldn't Kyo do it?

"It's just…" Kyo straightened, and Rin saw a soft blush rising on his face, "It's so awkward… This is the only way I can tell them I care for them…"

And Rin understood; it doesn't matter if they always fought when they meet, because that was a sign that they cared and acknowledged each other as father and son… Rin smiled.

"You're a very sweet person. Kyo."

"What, got chased out of the kitchen?"

Tao Ren asked smugly, glancing at Ryu and Jun before turning his attention back to the television. "Yes, that rascal's really…" Ryu couldn't finish his sentence; his back ached.

Pillica grinned. "Rin and Kyo are very close, don't you think?" she asked cheerfully.

There was a short silence as the four of them spaced out, lost in their own thoughts, the silence only broken by the television program.

"It's been two years since Yoh and Anna left, isn't it?"

A tired voice asked, and they turned; Matilda and Lyzerg both strode in together, followed by HoroHoro and Tamao.

"Two years, huh…" Ren muttered, looking slightly bemused, "And to think I thought it's only been a year or so…"

"But," Tamao piped up softly, "Don't you think Hana and Fuyu take after them very much? Anna's headstrong, sullen manner and Yoh's carefree and happy personality… their qualities are etched in Hana and Fuyu…"

"Don't let those two hear you," Lyzerg advised when he saw Hana and Fuyu walking back together from their grave visiting through a window, "They're still very heart-broken, though, because of their personalities, they refuse to show it. They must be in a lot of pain, Yoh and Anna were very good parents to them…"

"Ah, what are you all doing here?"

Fuyu asked, surprised, when she saw the adults sitting around in the living room.

"Just talking about the past, that's all," Jun told her with a smile, "Dinner will be ready soon; Rin and Kyo are preparing it right now."

"Got it, thanks." Fuyu said gratefully. "We'll return to our rooms, then," Hana added cheerfully, and the siblings clambered up noisily, just like when they were young children.

Not long after they left, Mayura Diethel and Asuna Usui appeared, both dripping wet, from the backyard.

"Goodness, Mayu, what have the both of you been doing!" Matilda asked, alarmed. Mayura and Asuna giggled and pointed at the water hose that Rin used to water the plants, "Taking a bath in the garden, what else?" Mayura replied, and Asuna giggled again.

"Mayura, you're already 21… shouldn't you be a little more matured?" Lyzerg asked, sounding reproving although he was grinning. Mayura laughed.

"Right you are, daddy, I'll keep that in mind," she said good-naturedly before turning to Asuna and saying, "Let's go change and disturb Kyo! Maybe we can get to pick on some food too!"

Asuna nodded, and said to HoroHoro and Tamao before running after her, "I'll be going first, then!"

"Be careful!" HoroHoro called, and Asuna waved without turning for a second look.

It didn't feel complete even though everyone was present for dinner at the same time that night; Anna and Yoh's seats were empty, but as the family feasted on the wonderful meal made by two pairs of loving hands, the spirits of those who were gone watched over them from the heavens above, smiling and wishing them nothing but the greatest happiness they can ever find in the world.