Chapter 16 - The beginning of the end

Kyo returned home from work that day anxious to see his bride-to-be. It was a week before the wedding and he was more excited than he was when he confessed, when he proposed, and when the curse was broken. He asked where Tohru was and was told she was in her room, when he got up there he found her stripped naked tied to her bed with a stab wound in her stomach and found Arido standing over her smiling saying,

"Now I had you, and no one else will. Not ever." Then laughing the most malicious laugh Kyo's ever heard, he ran over and picked the knife up from the bed stabbing Arido from behind several times saying,

"An eye for an eye right you bastard!" Then dropping the knife ran downstairs yelling for Hatori who just happened to be there, as Hatori was grabbing his doctor bag from his car Kyo ran up stairs and started frantically looking for a pulse tears brimmimg in his eyes when Tohru's eyes fluttered open and she smiled a faint smile and said,

"Kyo, I'm sorry. I couldn't protect myself. Don't blame yourself. I'll always love you..." As her eyes closed again

"NO! Tohru! Don't do this to me! Wake up! WAKE UP!" He yelled as he went into hysterics Hatori then ran into the room pushing Kyo out of the way to work over Tohru. Shigure pulled Kyo outside the room while Hatori worked. Kyo was pacing up and down the hallway when Hatori entered the hallway with a sober look on his face saying,

"Kyo, I...I did everything I could. I'm sorry." This sent Kyo into hysterics again and he fell to his knees holding his head in his hands crying and screaming,

"WHY?!?!" He went into Tohru's room and saw Arido dead on the floor, and Tohru dead on the bed. He went over to her still body and touched her already stone cold face and cried over her, he fell onto the bed saying over and over "I want to die. How could this happen to me? What did I do wrong?"

Kyo then woke up. Tears still flowing down his face his throat dry from screaming. Tohru looked up at him with inncoent eyes and got up in the bed hugging him asking him,

"What's wrong? I've been listening to you scream my name for twenty minutes. I was so worried, but I didn't know what to do so I just listened and then you jump up and it startled me."

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you. I had an awful dream." Kyo said as he kissed her face all over leaving her lips for last. "I just need to know you're really here." He added after he kissed her.

"Why wouldn't I be here? What happened in your dream?" And Kyo told her everything Tohru's eyes were wide and she hugged him tight and said "Don't worry, It won't happen. I'll go take martial arts if it makes you feel better." Tohru added, trying to calm him down from going into hysterics again.

"No, I'll be here to protect you. Well, I will soon enough."

"I know! Our wedding is in twent-six days!" Tohru said suddenly changing the mood, and the subject. Things suddenly perked up again and they went downstairs, and got a flood of questions from Momiji, Yuki, and Shigure. Kyo told them and they were all kind of silent until Tohru came out with rice balls saying,

"Eat up gentlemen, we need to get to school." They went off to school and eveything got better and better as the day dragged on. After school Kyo took Tohru in to a phone store to get herself a phone for protection. They got back home and worked on homework, and then they had dinner. The rest of the week went this way, when Kyo went to work halfway through the next week Tohru had the bridal party over for dress fittings, all the brides maids tried their dresses on and everyone's fit. Then Tohru emerged in her gown everyone looked at her and gasped, it fit like a glove. It was gorgeous. She walked over to Ayame with a serious face and said,

"Ayame I..I love it!" She said suddenly cheering up and hugging him. Everything was great during the rest of the week, wedding plans were being finalized and school was nearing an end, just one more week and Kyo, Tohru, and Yuki were going to be graduating. They were going to be adults, and Tohru was going to be married to Kyo. She didn't plan her last year of highschool like this but, it's the way she wanted it to happen, she wouldn't have it any other way. The final week of school was a stressful one but a good one too. When they finished tests during the day they would go and hang out by the tennis courts, sometimes playing a game of badmitton.

"So, Tohru. After this week's over, just one more week until the wedding, then you'll be married and who knows where huh?" Uo said

"Well, um, actually. We decided to build a starter's home on the same lot as Shigure a little farther into the woods so you can still come visit. I could never bring myself to move away from my family!" Tohru said

"Well that's good, I don't know what I would do if my sweet Tohru moved away." Hana said secretly relieved. The rest of the week stayed like this, them hanging out being happy. Then, finals were over, and graduation was about to happen.

"I'm so nervous!" Tohru said as they all climbed into Hatori's car on the way to the school in their caps and gowns. As they entered the school the ceremony was about to begin, Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo went to their designated seats and waited for their names to be called.

"And now graduating, Student council president, Yuki Sohma." Everyone clapped as Yuki went up to get his diploma and posed as Hatori took a picture before walking off stage "And Graduating from third year class, Kyo Sohma." Kyo went up and got the same amount of applause and posed for his photo-op "And finally, graduating from third year class, Tohru Honda." Tohru went up to get her diploma focusing on her feet so that she didn't trip, she managed and also posed for her picture. They got out of the ceremony and posed for a picture all together. Tohru posed with Uo and Hana, and they all posed together. After that Tohru had Uo and Hana's families over as well as the whole Sohma family for a graduation party type get together, and just for a day, they forgot everything and focused on them graduating, being adults, and being together. By the next day everything was back to normal, only a little more frenzied and no school to worry about. Tohru decided to wait to apply for colleges in the area until after she was married, she didn't need to worry about anything else right now, and before they knew it, it was the day before the wedding rehearsal. Tohru was so excited, she couldn't barely sit still. They also started construction on their home, they decided to build it where Tohru's tent was. It was going to be a little smaller than Shigure's but about the same layout, maybe less rooms but enogh for a small family when they decided to start. When Tohru made lunch, it was lucky she didn't burn it to a crisp she was barely paying attention, she couldn't stop kissing Kyo, it was like old times, at the beginning of the school year. When she did laundry she almost put too much detergent in. When she went to the base she couldn't sit still long enough to plant things. She finally calmed down enough to make dinner and it was good. After dinner Kyo was taken away by Shigure and Yuki and picked up by a mysterious black car, then Tohru saw Ayame's head pop out the window, and she knew what was going on. Then Tohru's friends showed up and it was the same thing.

"I get it now. Bachelor and Bachelorette parties." Tohru said tapping her temple.

"Exactly." Uo said and the rest of the bridal shower showed up. The parties were fun and when they were over at who knows what time in the morning, Tohru finally went to sleep, not soon followed by Kyo. (sorry i know nothing about bachelor and bachelorette parties. I'm 15. lol) They slept in late, and they were still in their clothes from the night before. They woke up around noon, Kyo had his arm wrapped around Tohru's petite frame, he pulled her in closer and kissed her slumbering face. She stirred in her sleep and woke up saying,

"Good morning." With that sweet smile that no man could resist

"Good morning, tonight is our rehearsal and tomorrow we will be married." Kyo said as Tohru kissed his cheek.

"Come on you two. I think you've slept in late enough" Shigure said popping his head in the door. Tohru got up and got in the shower and Kyo went to change his clothes and Yuki caught Shigure saying,

"You're one to talk. You just got up twenty minutes ago."

"And when did you wake up hmm?"

"Two hours ago thank you. And I've already been to Machi's hous and back in the meantime." Yuki said matter-of-factly walking away.

Tohru went down to make lunch for everyone. After lunch Tohru and Kyo went to pick up the wedding bands and Yuki went to the base with Machi, Tohru insisted on them going alone. When they returned, Shigure was at the main house helping set everything up, they wanted the wedding decorations to be a surprise so they were having the rehearsal in the hotel ballroom that Tohru's grandma was staying in then they would have dinner. Tohru went over to the hotel early to visit with her, long estranged, grandparents. She was wearing a white sundress to act as her wedding gown for the rehearsal. She visited with her grandparents for about an hour and a half, and felt like she's known them forever. It was about time to start and Tohru made her way down to the ballroom meeting Kyo on her way there. The wedding rehearsal dragged on as they practiced every step. They finally got done around 7:30 and left to eat at the restaraunt next to the the lobby. They all had a nice time and everyone left with a smile on their faces. Everyone went right to bed to prepare for the big event that would happen the next afternoon.

Chapter 17 - The big day

Everyone woke up early the next morning in a frenzy everyone was over at the main house except for Kyo, Tohru, and Yuki, they felt like they were waking up for school all over again. Tohru and Kyo still weren't aloud to see the decorations, and Yuki was there to make sure they didn't sneak out to take a peek, and he was waiting for Machi to get there. When Tohru rolled out of bed she went straight into the bathroom to fix her hair, she put it into a loose ponytail, she changed into her slip and put a short orange robe over it while she looked for clean clothes to wear, she hadn't really had time to do the laundry, and she felt bad about it. When Kyo finally rolled out of bed his hair was a mess, Tohru walked over to him and kissed him on the cheek and then tried to at least flatten his untamed hair. When Tohru finished there was a phone call, she rushed down the stairs saying,

"I'll get it!" She picked it up, "Hello?"

"Hello Tohru? I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm not worthy of walking you down the aisle, you must leave it to your grandfathers, they're the worthy ones! I don't even have the same blood as you! I'm sorry for suggesting such a thing as walking you down the aisle!"

"Ritsu, calm down. It's okay." Tohru said as she laughed and tried to calm Ritsu down, "Alright, I'll call my other grandfather right away, and don't forget, we're going to be family soon enough."

"Alright. I'm so sorry about this."

"No Ritsu don't worry about it, you can stand behind Shigure in the lineup. You'll have to escort my grandmother, okay?"

"Yes that's fine. I'll see you when you get here."

"Okay Ritsu, goodbye."

"Goodbye." Tohru hung up the phone, and picked up a phone book to find the number for the hotel, she dialed it and waited for a front desk person to pick up.

"Yeah, hi this is Tohru Honda."

"Hello Miss Honda, are you calling to check on your reservation for the ballroom? Everything is set in stone not to worry."

"Thank you, but I'm actually calling for my grandmothers room. She's staying in room 315."

"Hello?"

"Grandpa?"

"Yes, who is this?" Tohru rolled her eyes and laughed,

"This is Tohru, grandpa."

"Oh, hello Tohru!"

"Hi Grandpa, listen I need a favor?"

"Yes?"

"I want you to walk me down the aisle, along with my dad's dad."

"Alright, I think this can be done. I'll do it, but your grandmother will want in the wedding too."

"Yes, I've got her place all ready and I've got the person to escort her already committed."

"Perfect, well I'd better start getting ready, we'll see you then."

"Okay bye grandpa."

"Bye dear." Tohru hung up the phone and sighed a sigh of relief and leaned against the wall to catch her breath fora minute.

"Miss Honda?" Yuki said as he popped his head in the doorway

"Yuki, you can call me Tohru now, I'm going to be family soon you know."

"Okay, well, Tohru?"

"Yes?"

"The car is here, we have to go if you want to be pretty for your wedding, well prettier than usual."

"Well, thank you Yuki, but yes we should get going then." Tohru replied as she laughed and blushed "Kyo! Come on! The car's waiting!" Kyo came down the stairs and they went to the main house, the bride and groom-to-be were blind folded, until they reached their designated dressing rooms, on the other sides of the house, as far away from the garden as possible. It was now 9:45, and the ceremony started at 2 pm, so right as Tohru got there they put her in a chair to get her hair done. Her was going to be curled, and put up into a messy bun leaving a few curls down, then placing a corwn of flowers around the bun. (picture here ) It took about an hour and a half to get everything perfect, time was ticking, it was now 11:15 and she still needed makeup. All the bridal party was finishing their hair and heading over to their designated makeup chairs while Tohru's was getting started, it took about a half hour, and she looked radiant, (leaving it to the imagination.) more radiant than ever before. Just as Tohru's make up was finished Ayame bursted through the door along with Mine with their dresses for last call alterations. All the bridal party got into their dresses and Ayame and Mine started working on their dresses, hemming this, fixing a seam on that. Tohru then emerged from behind the changing screen in her dress, in her makeup, with her hair done she looked beautiful. The bridal party almost burst into tears, but the makeup artists shot them death glares and their tears suddenly went away Uo and Hana cam up to Tohru and all of them said at the same time,

"You look beautiful." They all laughed and hugged then Tohru went up to her bridal party and said the same thing to each of them.

"Now Tohru, do you have something borrowed, old, blue, new?" Ayame said in hiss usual flamboyent voice

"Well, blue my dress, borrowed Uo and Hana let me borrow some of their jewelry, new my shoes and old," Tohru blushed profusely before she said it, "My mom had a red lace garter and I got it in my 'future box' from her when she died." Everyone squealed and jumped up and down while laughing, and Tohru blushed even more at the thought of Kyo throwing her garter into the grooms men and imagining what Shigure would do if he caught it. (Sorry i couldn't resist XD) By the time everyone got their makeup, hair, and dresses on, and finished being loud like teenagers on their first school dance with a date, it was 12:55. Shigure, and Tohru's grandfathers all came in to see her before they had to go out to the garden to find their places and to seat guests.

"Tohru, you look wonderful." Shigure said as he placed his hands on her shoulders and kissed her on the cheek. "I've felt like you were family since the moment you moved into our house, and now it's finally happening, I'm very happy for you." He hugged her and walked out giving her and her grandparents some privacy

"Tohru my dear, you look like a princess, and even though we haven't seen each other since you were a little tyke running around my old house, I feel as though I've been with you. I'm sorry I wasn't, I was truly missing out. You're a strong woman and you'll make a fine bride." Her mother's dad said as he too, kissed her on the cheek and walked out.

"Tohru, you are my favorite grandchild. Even when your mother died, you remained strong, I've seen you grow up to be a strong girl and now you're a strong young woman. I'm so proud of you and even though they're rude to you, I'm sure you're aunt, uncle, and cousin are proud too." He said as he pulled her into an embrace, she fought back the tears and won just barely and kissed her grandfather on the cheek before he walked out to start seating early guests. Hatori came in to call the bridal party and the bride herself out to the hall where they would emerge and walk out to the garden where the wedding was. Hatori caught Tohru's arm as she was walking out and slowed her pace seeing that she was anxious, he put her arm in his and said,

"Don't worry, you look beautiful. Kyo will be lucky not to break down into tears when he sees you." He winked at her bowed, like an old time gentleman, and walked away to take his place next to Kana in the bridal lineup. The lineup was going to go, Uo, with a picture of Kyoko, and Kureno, Hana and her boyfriend, (too lazy to make a name for him.) Yuki and Machi, Shigure and Akito, Momiji and Ayma, Hatori and Kana, Ayame and Mine, Hatsuharu and Rin, Kagura and one of her boyfriends, and Ritsu and Tohru's grandma Kisa and Hiro emerged through the ginat doors and Tohru could hear the wedding music begin, it was all she could do to keep herself from falling over and she would have without the support of her grandfathers. Uo and Kureno went out, then Hana and her escort, and one by one everyone emerged from the doors that Tohru was still behind. When it finally came time for Tohru to come out the doors opened, and the wedding march started to play, everyone stood up. Tohru was in awe of the decorations barely able to concentrate what was going on and the photographer caught every moment of her surprise, everyone was facing her waiting for her to walk forward, she finally got the memo after staring at the decorations for about a minute and a half. She was almost to the platform where her and Kyo were going to be and he turned around, his eyes going wide his mouth hanging open, his cheeks turned bright red and he stumbled down to where her grandpa's still held her arms to keep her balanced, it was a whirlwind of emotions, shock, love, passion, anxiousness. Kyo took Tohru's hand and led her up the platform and the ceremony began. They got to their 'I do's' and Tohru could barely speak, she got to the vows and could barely form a sentence. She was starting ot think her cheeks were permenantly stained red from the bkush that lingered on her face and just when she thought she could stand it any longer the pastor who married them said,

"By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. Kyo you may kiss your bride." And they shared a passionate liplock. Even though that had been together for a year, Tohru felt like she was kissing him for the first time when she kissed him, it was somehow more passionate than the other kisses they shared, and she wanted more. They kissed again and when it ended they turned to the crowd and all of them were on their feet, half of them were crying, and they were clapping for them. The pastor then said,

"It is my honor to introduce you for the first time ever, Mr. and Mrs. Kyo Sohma." And Tohru and Kyo walked down the aisle together and continued to walk out the front doors to their limo that was waiting for them. A couple buses waited for the rest of the guests at the wedding to take them to the reception to wait for them while they took pictures in the garden. The limo just circled the block and came back to the house so they could take pictures, they just wanted that movie effect exit. (lol) When they finished taking pictures, they went to the reception, they got all of Tohru's small family together, now including Kyo, and took a family picture, and they got the huge Sohma family together, now including Tohru, and took their family picture. Then the festivities began. They had dinner, and had their toasts, which were lovely by the way, (too lazy, again to write anything that wouldn't be too cheesy) and then onto dancing. Tohru had her dance with each of her grandfathers and Kyo with Tohru's Grandma. Kyoko's picture was placed in a spot where it could be seen clearly. Tohru's and Kyo's dances ended and then it was time for their first dance as a married couple, they wroked hard on the dance, and it was perfect looking. Then everyone moved onto the dance floor to party. When Tohru threw the Boquet the ribbon came loose and every girl caught a flower. (i couldn't decide who would catch it .) Then it was time for Kyo to throw the garter and of course, Shigure caught it. (hehehe) After that was all over they had cake. Tohru shoved it into Kyo's face and Kyo returned the favor laughing and kissing the whole time. Before they knew it, it was around 10 pm, and Tohru and Kyo had a midnight flight to America, Hawaii to be more specific, for their honeymoon so they went back to the house to get packed they packed and were back at the party to say farewell to everyone and thank them for coming. Uo and Hana cried the most out of all of them and hugged Tohru tightly.

"Don't worry, I'll be back in ten days." Tohru said hugging her friends back fighting back her own set of tears. They said goodbye and thank you to everyone and made their way to the airport. They slept most of the way on the plane and arrived in Honolulu around 8 am. They were greeted by the natives and given flower leis, they sight saw all morning and went back to their hotel around midafternoon to crash. They woke up early evening and went out to eat. They came back to their hotel and Tohru pulled Kyo in by the collar as she opened the door, she went into the bathroom and changed into the thing Kyo wasn't aloud to see a week ago and he now understood why, it was orange lace lingerie, (ohh naughty.) Kyo picked Tohru up bridal style and laid her on the bed, and they started their night of passion that wouldn't soon come to an end.

THE END.

Epilogue - 4 years later

-- Tohru and Kyo --

It was four years later and we're back in Japan. Kyo and Tohru still live in the woods in their starter home, only now they have three children and they finally got their dryer. Two of them, the twins, were red-headed and blue eyed. One of them, their girl, has Tohru's brown hair and Kyo's garnet eyes. They were happier than ever, they seemed to get happier every year they were together and their chldren just added to the happiness.

"Come on kids, let's go visit Grandpa Shigure, Grandpa Hatori, and Grandpa Ayame!"

"Yay!" All three shouted at once as Tohru led them out the door followed by Kyo, to walk through the path to that mansion in the woods where Tohru, Kyo, and Yuki spent her highschool days. They got to the house and the kids ran in giving each of their 'grandpas' a hug, then running over to Yuki saying,

"Uncle Yuki!"

"Hello kids, hi Tohru, hi Kyo."

"Hello Yuki." Tohru said cheerfully. She didn't look aged at all, she was almost never stressed, she was happy as can be. She still cooked meals for Shigure and Yuki, who still lived in the house along with Hatsuharu who took Tohru's place, and Momiji who took Kyo's place. When dinner was over Tohru took their little girl, Kyoko, home. She was only 3 so she still got tired easily and Kyo said he'd bring the boys home soon too. Tohru put Kyoko to bed and Kyo soon followed putting the twins to bed. Tohru and Kyo went downstairs and cuddled and had a glass of wine like they did every night after the kids were in bed. They went to bed early as well, and Tohru woke up in the early morning feeling like she was going to throw up any second, well she did and all she could think was, 'Pregnancy test, now.' She found a few from last time she got pregnant and immediatly took all of them and had to wait 3 minutes for accurate results. All three came up positive and Kyo came into the doorway squinting his eyes form the bright light saying,

"What's going on?" Tohru just looked at him with shocked eyes, she walked up to him and kissed him before breaking the news.

"Kyo, I'm pregnant."

-- Shigure, Yuki, and the rest --

Everyone else's relationships were going fantastic, Shigure and Akito are engaged, Yuki and Machi moved out together and Yuki was going to propose that night, Ayame and Mine finally got married and were working on their own family, Hatori and Kana were still together engaged as well, Uo and Kureno were still together, Kagura finally settled down with a boy and have been together for about 6 months, Hana and her boyfriend are living together now, Momiji and Ayma are living in Shigure's house, along with Hatsuharu and Rin, Kisa and Hiro graduated last year and are living together, and everyone seems to be happy. And they all still get together for the last day of golden week.

A/N: Okay, so sorry for the lengthy last chapters but it's what needed to be done. Thanks for reading! Complete!