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Epilogue

Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 | Ch. 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10

Kurama's eyes feel heavy as he wakes, everything about his body hurts. The feeling of being more exhausted after sleeping for too long, compounds his sluggish thoughts. There is a gentle touch at his hand and his eyes flutter open.

"Oh, Kurama, you're finally awake!" Botan's voice is hushed but she looks happy if not a little tired. "No no, stay down." She holds his shoulder to stop his movement. "You were one of the worst hurt, we weren't even sure we could heal you." She is crying again.

Kurama's hoarse voice sounds foreign to his ears and causes her to open her eyes. "Botan." She sniffles then leans down and hugs him, gently enough not to hurt him.

Kurama blushes but then simply closes his eyes and smiles. "Thank you." He says as she pulls away.

Botan's eyes show she is confused, but he just smiles, placing his hand on hers. "How are the others?"

Botan bites her lower lip thoughtfully. "Well, Hiei slept for a while and recovered OK but a little bruised. Yukina has been keeping watch over him and Kuwabara. Kuwa-chan was in worse shape, we stopped the bleeding and bandaged him, he's still recovering. Yuusuke's been eating since we got back. He seems to be no worse for the wear." Botan looks a little irritated but continues. "Genkai-shihan was beaten up but it wasn't any worse than her tournament fights at the Ankoku Bujutsukai. She's been up and about since that night."

She glances up as Genkai walks by, moving to Ken's bed. "Ken had quite a few broken bones and Genkai has been trying to ease the pain and mend them. Aya was severely bruised, but seems to have recovered well. Youji had a mild concussion Aya and Omi took him back to their place. Omi's been seeing to them both.

Kurama nods, tiredly. "And Lillith?"

Botan's eyes go distant for a moment. "Lillith is sealed away, but I feel badly for her." She shakes her head and sighs. "I wish I knew what happened to her, I doubt Enma will tell me. She was so sad." Her voice is quiet and Kurama squeezes her hand, reassuringly.

Botan looks down at Kurama, watching him silently. They sit that way for endless moments, just memorizing the details of each other's face. Finally Botan smiles. "But it's over." She breaths deeply and leans down to pull Kurama's sheet up over him. He stops her by holding her wrist. She sits back, looking curiously at him.

"Botan…" she tilts her head at her name, waiting. "I.." Kurama searches for what to say, finally giving up and pulling her forward, wrapping one arm around her neck and shoulders to direct her, the other settling on her waist when she is close enough. His lips brush against hers and she widens her eyes in surprise before he pulls her closer, and she forgets everything around her, allowing his warmth to fill her heart.

***Fine***

My endings are always quick like a hurricane. X_x But really that's how it seems it should be. Rushing by not giving the characters enough time to digest exactly what is going on. Not until later where they can piece together what is going on. Lillith and Enma have a history in my story but like much of Enma in the show, we don't really understand it all. I think Lillith loved him but he didn't feel the same. Probably even played with her feelings. He cursed her to live a sort of half-life where she had to survive off of other creatures. And this is why she curses him at the end. I have always felt that those with great power are naturally cruel sometimes blindly so. And Enma's looming form is no exception. Sometime I may write about their history to further explain why Lillith behaves the way she does, but that is for another story. I hope you all enjoyed this, I hope the ending wasn't too rushed. Blasted cheesy ending but I felt like that part needed closure. And it is also not really finished. Botan still has feelings for Yuusuke and hasn't even begun to think of Kurama in that way. So this is hardly a real ending, but again, a good story leaves you wanting more, right? So I suppose I did ok in that department. Don't kill me ^.~ Thanks for all the wonderful reviews, and encouraging comments. They prodded me to get off my lazy duff and get this story finished. It took me a year and a half to finish it. But it's nice to have it all out there for others to know about too. Look for more stuff written by me. They aren't all so bittersweet and bloody. Though I do love gore. :D

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