Epilogue
L.A.: So this would have come out sooner if it weren't for my charger to my laptop spontaneously melting leaving me computorless for the rest of Christmas break.
Amu: Though you have to admit, not many people can use the excuse of a melting charger.
L.A.: Anyway it's the last chapter!
Amu: (blows party favor) YAY! PIE!
L.A.: Sometimes I think you only throw these parties just so you can get pie.
Amu: (blows party favor) Pie makes the world go round!
L.A.: Anyway, since I use fanfiction to improve my writing and experiment this chapter is going to have something new. The centered italics parts are Sira's writing.
Amu: (Blows party favor) YAY! RANDOM EXPERIMENT!
L.A.: Blow that party favor in my ear again and I'll take it away from you. Anyway, I think I responded to everyone last chapter. The only one I couldn't was Yume Ninja. So sorry but thanks!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu Yu Hakusho. I only own my characters and the last chapter party! (sob) It's almost over!
Sira glared at the blank word document before her. The cursor's blinking made her feel as if it were mocking her. Her creative writing professor was expecting them to write a five to seven page self-reflection that had a conversational feel to it while still being poetic.
She had no idea what the professor was talking about and it seemed she was starting to suffer from the infamous writer's block. A part of her wanted to write about the events that transpired over Christmas break but she knew no one believed her.
She sighed as she drummed her fingers on the keypad. Had it really been two months since they returned to their dimension?
That time seemed like a blur. She remembered staring blankly ahead as Alexis ran over and demanded that Tori and she confirm her story about the other world. That was probably the only good thing that happened. Seeing, Alexis embarrass herself.
After wandering aimlessly through the mall, the girls had found a movie store and proceeded to buy all the seasons of Yu Yu Hakusho. The rest of Christmas break was spent in Sira's den, eating junk food, watching Yu Yu Hakusho, and bawling their eyes out. Their parents were beginning to wonder if they should send Tori and Sira to the psychologists.
However, time moved on and the girls soon found themselves back at their respective colleges.
Sira sighed as she sat back in her chair and glared at the computer. "Why do I keep spacing out?" Sira said as she pounded her fist against her forehead. "It's over, you're not going back. Now focus."
She leaned back to her keyboard and began to type.
I was a girl lost in a fantasy.
"Too overdramatic," Sira muttered as she deleted the sentence.
I am a blonde-haired blue-eyed girl who likes writing.
"Too simple," Sira said as she once again deleted her sentence.
I have absolutely no idea what to write.
"Wish that could be my paper," Sira said with a grin. She got up and began to pace back and forth. No matter how hard she focused on her paper, the more her mind strayed to the questions. Was everyone in the Yu Yu Hakusho world okay? Did they defeat Dante? What happened to them? Most importantly, had that all been a dream?
"Ugh!" Sira said as she collapsed in her chair.
She needed to get this off her chest. "Maybe if I free write…" She leaned into her keyboard and began to type.
Real life sucks. There is no other way to describe it. You go through the daily grind and don't have time to think about the questions.
Sira checked the clock. Five minutes till she had to leave for class. She sighed as she went back to her typing.
Let's face it. We can't enjoy fairytales, adventures are for books, and romance only happens to those that have the time.
She checked the clock again before grabbing her things and heading out. Her mind was still wrapped around her writing.
My mind is in reality but my heart forever lives in dreams. Is it so wrong to wish for something that cannot happen? Is it so wrong to dream?
She passed the basketball courts without a second glance. She was used to the shouting, the laughing, and…the barking?
But maybe that is our problem. We're too afraid to dream because to dream would be to admit we are not fully satisfied with what we have; that we yearn to have or be something more.
She felt the breath catch in her throat as someone scratched her ankle. Looking down, she saw familiar face staring back at her. "Haku," She whispered as she quickly scooped him up and cradled him in her arms.
"Dante was destroyed when you left," a familiar voice said as she looked up. "In his place, a portal was formed; and, for some reason, it won't seem to close."
It was Hiei. The person she had been longing to see the most. Knowing that he would probably get angry at her but not caring, she quickly ran towards him and hugged him. Haku was nearly squashed in the process.
"Hn," Hiei said but she felt his arms tighten around her.
But maybe, fearing the dream is wrong. In reality, you must achieve and in order to achieve you need think bigger and believe. Isn't that what we do when we dream?
Tori tapped her pencil against her desk. Although she loved art, the history part could sometimes bore her to tears, especially when the weather was so pretty. She sighed wondering what Kurama was doing at the moment. A slight murmur from the back of the room reached her ears. Curious, Tori looked back and gasped.
A dozen sapphire blue roses had grown up by the window. This in itself wouldn't have been strange. However, her classroom was two stories high.
Kids got it right. Dream big or die trying. Who knows, maybe even in real life you can get those fairytale endings.
Her teacher yelled at her as she sprinted out the door. Tori didn't care at the moment. She told him that sapphire roses were his favorite. It had to be him who did it. No one else.
She threw the door open to the outside, her lungs hurting from gulping oxygen. Squinting she scanned the area, praying that he was still there.
And he was, just as she had remembered him. Kurama smiled as he slipped his rose whip back in his hair.
Tori slowly walked up to him. Millions of questions and thoughts were racing through her head. She pushed them aside. She would have plenty of time to ask them later. Besides she had something far more important to say.
"Hey stranger," Tori said as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "What took you so long?"
Dream the perfect dream
Make it good so don't rush.
Sometimes a dream can start so simple
With the scribble of a pencil or a paintbrush.
L.A.: Is it a little hokey? Yes? Do I care? Nope, because I like it that way.
Amu: (blows party favor) YAY! HOKEY!
L.A.: That's it! (steals party favor) No more party favor.
Amu: (pouts) BOO! L.A.!
L.A.: Why are you complaining? There's pie.
Amu: YAY! PIE!
L.A.: (shakes head) Well apparently she's had too much sugar.
Amu: (is shoving pie down her throat.)
L.A.: …aren't you supposed to ask me a certain question?
Amu: (blank stare as pie crumbs fall from mouth) Oh, yeah. Is there going to be a sequel?
L.A.: Probably not since A) originals are always better that sequels and B) I do not have a great plot bunny at this time.
Amu: Curse the plot bunnies! They're evil!
L.A.: Anyway, I do have another story planned for Yu Yu Hakusho but when it will be up, I'm not sure. I plan to jump around in other sections of fanfiction as well since there are way too many plot bunnies in my head and not enough room.
Amu: Plus she still has this absurd belief that one day she will write for every category in fanfiction including the ones she hates.
L.A.: Anyway, it's been fun. Thank you so much for your support in this story and me! Finally remember to…
L.A. and Amu: READ AND REVIEW! BYE!
