Epilogue

It has been sixteen years since then. A lot has happened in between. A year after Keiko was born; Shura and Yukio got married. Two years after that, Shura found out she was expecting. She gave birth to a healthy, pink haired little boy named Kioshi Miki Okumura. Shura had to take a step back from Paladin work, but the Vatican understood. She retired from Paladin work and now teaches full time at True Cross Academy alongside Yukio.

"Keiko! Kioshi! Dinner is ready!" Shura called, she had taken cooking lessons from Ukobach back when the children were younger. A door upstairs opened and clothes and the sound of footsteps followed down the stairs. It was her daughter, Keiko. She had her phone up to her face, too busy texting her friends. The slider door opened, and in came Kioshi, taking off his shoes and washing his hands. He wasn't allowed a cell phone right now, so he was outside, practicing. Yukio got up from the couch and put his newspaper down, he walked over to Shura and kissed her cheek.

"Mom? Can I hang out with a group of my friends?" The sixteen year old female had her father's hair color but her mothers eyes. She wore a light purple shirt underneath a black vest.

"No way in hell. It's a school night." Shura said, as she served everyone dinner. Kioshi took his plate and went to take a seat at the dinner table. Yukio was right behind him. Keiko groaned and took her plate from her mother.

"But mom! Everyone is going to this party!" She followed her mother to the dining room. Yukio sat at the head of the table and Shura sat to the right of him.

"Too bad. No means no Keiko."

"Daddy!"

"If your mother says no, then my answer is no." Yukio said, they all said a prayer as Keiko's phone continuously buzzed. In the middle of the prayer Keiko picked up her phone and started to text. Shura reached over and took the phone away.

"No phones at the dinner table Keiko!" Shura placed the cell phone behind her as they finished their prayer. Keiko groaned and muttered a few things underneath her breath. They all ate in silence until Kioshi spoke up.

"Mom, I made a new friend at school today." He was still too young to join True Cross Academy. Shura looked over at him and smiled.

"What is his name?"

"Well, it's a girl Mom." Kioshi said, moving the food around on the plate.

"Who is this girl?" Yukio asked, Shura turned around and handed Keiko her phone back, the battery was missing from the back.

"Her name is Mai and she's new at school! Today was her first day." Kioshi said, he picked up a noodle and put it in his mouth. "People were making fun of her so I stood up for her."

"Good job, Kioshi!" Shura said, her little boy was shy, so standing up to someone for him was a major thing.

"Thanks mom!" Kioshi said, everyone finished dinner and helped Shura clean the kitchen. Keiko and Kioshi retreated to their rooms and Shura and Yukio was left downstairs.

"Do you remember all the pain Keiko brought when she was first born?"

"Do you remember that time she pulled your tail? Gosh the look on your face was priceless." Shura said with a laugh. The two were snuggled up to each other on the couch.

"I never listened to you when you said to control that tail." Yukio said; he could still feel the pain.

"Yukio? Why did we think that parenthood would be hard?"

"We were young, Shura. Everything was hard to us."

"We now have two beautiful children. They will grow into beautiful adults, like you and I." Shura said as she listened to Yukio's heart. He played with her hair, and looked down at her.

"They are wonderful children."

"We did amazing." Shura said as her eyes began to close.

I posted what Keiko and Kioshi look like on Tumblr. I will put the link here. I hope you all enjoyed the story! It is an easy ending and I decided to end it.

Follow anime-fanfic-child on tumblr to see what Keiko and Kioshi look like.

Thank you, White Tiger 101, for giving me plenty of ideas for this story.