OKAY FOLKS! Here's the last chapter, at the end we'll have comments from our beloved editors telling you all, good bye.

"… And the young man Sanosuke stayed in the temple with Hiraru and her grandfather and Sozo for the next year. The young man's friends went back to Tokyo for that time, returning when the time came. At that time, one month after Hiraru's twenty-first birthday the two of them married, All their friends and what family they had was there. And so the two people lived. The young woman, who'd disguised herself as a young boy, the young man who'd once been a soldier, married and while they did not live happily, for there were plenty of times they fought. The point is they lived, and they lived for each other."

"That story can't be real, Momma." The older child said, from his place with his head on his mother's lap.

"Oh, really? How come?"

"Because Uncle Shiro always says the two of you met at a festival in Tokyo, not in a tea house while Daddy was gambling. He says Daddy was always a respectable man. He also says Auntie Korin worked as a waitress when he met her, he never said anything about her being a tea house hostess" He replied.

The woman laughed, "Your Uncle Shiro always wanted that to be the case…"

"Then what's thee twuth, Mama," The younger said around a finger, her head and shoulders resting against the other side of her mother's lap.

"The truth is your Daddy is the bravest, kindest, most caring person I've ever known and he has given up everything for me. I love him more than anything, and I'm sure he loves me the same way." She said.

"Then what about us, Momma?" The older child asked picking up his head so he could look at her properly.

"You two are two parts of my soul," She gave the older one an Eskimo kiss and kissed the other one on the forehead, "I love you as much as I love your daddy, because you are a precious gift your Daddy gave me."

Hiraru looked from her children and smiled at Sano, who stood in the door way of the living room where his two children couldn't see him. The two of them looked like their mother, with her bottomless dark green eyes, her dark hair. The older, his son only had his unruly hair. The girl had her thick locks cut short, and with her head in her mother's lap it looked at wild as her brother's, but when she stood running around it looked like her mother's laying flat in some places and standing on end in others. From the day Sanosuke had married her, Hiraru had carried the brightest, proudest smile. She was as beautiful now, pregnant, a six year old laying his head on one of her knees, and a four year old on the other, as she'd been nearly ten years ago when he'd first seen her in a kimono.

He smiled back at her and stepped in, "You two know your Mom loves you as much, if not more than, me," he insisted, "There's no way she couldn't love you."

"DADDY!" The two children sat up quickly and raced over to him tackling his legs. He picked them both up. Soaking up the smell of washed children and clean clothes.

"Your Mom loves you more than the world," He said more to Hiraru than to them, "And I love her more than life itself."

First up from our editors is The younger, very Cute Mura-chan. (Holds up microphone) Is there anything you'd like to tell our readers?

Mura-chan: (Holds up 'V for victory' Hand gesture) I'm gonna miss editing, Haha... It's been Fun!

And next up is… Gerry-sama… our wonderful Grammar Nazi who threatens your poor writer with calls from her mother… (Stares wide eyed at Gerry-sama, holding out Microphone) Gerry-sama… Why are you crying?

Gerry-sama: (moaning and sounds of weeping, splash of a tear hitting the paper) "Oh that's so beautiful! H…H…Ha...Happily Ever After!" (Runs away, sounds of crying continue in the distance)

(Ruroni and Mura-chan Stare in shock after her)

Ruroni-chan: Did that seriously just happen? Gerry-sama has a weak spot...?

Mura-chan: I'm not sure I want to know…

Ruroni-chan (Shrugs): I've seen stranger things…

Mura-chan (Looks scared): Like what?

Ruroni-chan (Grins evilly): You don't want to know… (Switches back to sweet innocent writer) Alright everybody, I hope you enjoyed my last double posting. Please be sure you review and tell me what you think about my ending! Thank you all for sticking with me so long, and Good bye.