Kokoro No Kaitou : Once Lost, Now Found

Epilogue

Ten years...

It's been ten long years since I've seen her. Since that day in Reikai, she made her decision. She wanted to stay in Makai... it hurts, but it was her choice.

Still, I had found happiness. I now have a wife and child, and I love them more than anything in the world.

But I miss her...she was still the first.

Kurama got out of his car and stretched. He was tired, and he still needed to help his wife make dinner. They had invited all of their friends over, for a ten-year reunion, of sorts.

He reached back in and grabbed the present that he had brought home for his son. He rather enjoyed playing with toy weapons, and though his mother seemed to disapprove of them, the kitsune still brought them.

He never could figure out why his wife was so against them...but he could only assume that it was because she didn't want their son to fight, though Kurama had full intentions of teaching him when he was older.

Shuichi...his son. He was nine years old, and looked just like him. He had short red hair that always seemed to be messy, and bright green eyes. He was definitely the outdoors-type, and was always playing in the mud, much to his mother's displeasure.

Kurama walked up to the front door, and opened it, and was greeted by a very excited boy, who threw himself at him. He fell back onto the ground, and smiled at his son.

"Shuichi, take it easy!" The kitsune laughed.

He grinned. "Sorry, Dad!"

His wife poked her head out from the kitchen. "Shuichi, who is it?"

He smiled at her. "Just me."

She grinned. "Ohayo, Kurama-kun."

After Kurama returned to Ningenkai, he asked Amaya to marry him. They were already 'married' in their own way, but it needed to be 'officiated' by in Ningenkai. For him, the mark on her neck was enough to say that they were married.

Naomi...his first daughter, she chose to stay in Makai. He missed her, but she wanted to stay with Chuu...

Shuichi got off of the redhead, and he stood up.

"I got you something, Shuichi." He said, smiling.

His eyes lit up. "What is it?"

Kurama handed him the box, and he hurriedly opened it. He pulled out the toy and grinned.

"Wow! Thanks, Dad!!" He exclaimed, starting to play with the plastic sword.

Kurama entered the kitchen, and smiled at Amaya. She rolled her eyes.

"More plastic weapons!! Why do you get him these things?" She said.

He placed a gentle kiss on her lips. "Because he likes them."

She just rolled her eyes. "You know that I don't like him playing with those."

He just smiled and kissed her again.

"Eww! Guys, get a room!!" Shuichi exclaimed, startling the both of them. "Kissing is icky!!"

Kurama smiled sheepishly at him. "Gomen, Shuichi."

He just held up the sword. "Fight me!!"

"Don't I get a sword?" The kitsune asked.

"Um..." He seemed to realize that the fight was unfair. "Wait, how about you be the demon, and I'll be the hero?"

"Demons fight with swords too." His father said.

"They aren't supposed to." He replied.

Kurama considered telling him that he knew a demon that fought with a sword, then figured that he would only come up with a way to contradict what he was saying.

The doorbell suddenly rang, and he skipped off to answer it.

"That should be Dawn." Amaya said. "She said that she and Hiei would be arriving a bit early."

Kurama nodded, and Shuichi came running back into the room.

"Dad, there's a stranger at the door."

"What does he look like?" Amaya asked.

"He's ugly."

Dawn came into the room, and put a hand on her hip. "He dragged me inside and slammed the door in Hiei's face."

Kurama chuckled, but stopped when the firestarter glared.

Hiei came in a second later, and narrowed his crimson eyes at Kurama's son.

"Ohayo, Hiei, Dawn." Kurama said, trying to keep the fire youkai from killing Shuichi.

Shuichi didn't seem to notice the look that Hiei was giving him, and instead grinned at the redhead.

"Hey, Dawn." He said. The boy had a huge crush on the firestarter, and he didn't try to hide it.

She smiled back. "Hey, Shuichi."

"Why don't we go catch up in the living room?" Kurama suggested.

"Sure." Dawn and Hiei said in unison.

A bit later on, Kano and Midori arrived, along with their eight-year-old daughter named Skye.

The child was just like her mother in appearance, though was like neither in personality. She was already powerful, but she hated to fight. She was much more interested in keeping her mid-back length wavy multi-colored hair in perfect condition than sparring with Shuichi, whom she hated. In fact, the only thing that she got from her father was his eyes - to a degree. They were more like a darker violet, almost blue color.

Either way, Shuichi answered the door, and opened it slightly. He narrowed his eyes at Skye, who returned the gesture.

"No girly-girls allowed." He said.

He started to close the door, but Amaya caught it.

"Shuichi!" She exclaimed in a scolding tone.

The boy grumbled an apology and went back into the house. Amaya sighed, then gave the three an apologetic look.

"I'm terribly sorry about him. Please, come inside."

She stepped out of the way and they entered. Kano grinned and ruffled her hair.

"Hey, it's no problem." He said.

Amaya laughed, then hugged Midori. "Long time no see, you guys."

Midori smiled. "Yeah! It's great to see you."

Amaya pointed over her shoulder towards a room. "The others are already back there. Naomi and Chuu couldn't make it, unfortunately."

"Right. They were a bit busy with their work in helping Yomi." Kano said. He smiled, and took Midori's hand. He grinned at his daughter. "Skye, why don't you go play with Shuichi?"

"No way. He's an irresponsible jerk with nothing better to do than torment others." She stopped and gave a polite bow to Amaya. "No offense, Minamino-san."

Amaya just smiled. "Well, I know that he can be troublesome, so if you want, you can just watch TV instead."

Skye rewarded her with a perfect smile. "Thank you very much, ma'am."

She gracefully walked into the playroom, where the TV was. Amaya smiled at her parents.

"She's so polite!" She said. "I wish my son was like that. Unfortunately, he takes after his father."

"Hey!" Kurama said, giving her a playful glare as he came out from the living room. "I'm not like that anymore."

"Sorry!" She said, smiling. "Well, I'm going to go finish with dinner. It should be ready in about ten minutes."

She left, and Kurama led them in to join the others.

They all sat down, and Kurama smiled. "So, what has everyone been up to?"

"Well, I've been working a lot. Midori's already pretty used to Ningenkai, and that makes it a lot easier. And Skye is doing well in school, and everything is pretty good otherwise." Kano said, putting his arm around the phoenix, who in turn grinned.

"Touya an' Shishi' an' Suzuka an' me have been keepin' the village safe! Oh, an' Chuu an' Naomi have been helpin' too! Of course, they couldn' come 'cause they're busy with stuff all the way out on the other side of Makai, an' it was too far away for anyone ta reach 'em. Still, they're helpin' protect Makai." Jin exclaimed, grinning as wide as physically possible.

Kuwabara grinned as well. "Things have been good. Yukina and I are engaged."

"And Keiko and I are doing well." Yusuke said. He put an arm around his wife, whom he had married just one year after the defeat of Lamia.

She smiled. "Yes. And our children, Mina and Raidon, are at their friends' houses right now."

"Hiei and I are helping Mukuro with keeping ningens out of Makai." Dawn said.

Amaya came in just then, and smiled at all of them. "Dinner's ready."

Almost everyone had sat down, when Shuichi came down from upstairs. It started with Shishiwakamaru, who was sitting next to Amaya. Then came Kurama, Kano, Midori, Jin, Touya, Suzuka, Kuwabara, Yusuke, and finally Dawn. Beside her were three empty seats, reserved for Hiei, and Naomi and Chuu, who had yet to arrive.

Hiei had just been checking to see if either of the two were coming, and when he returned, Shuichi was in his seat beside Dawn.

He narrowed his eyes, and walked over to him. He grabbed the boy's shirt collar, and Amaya and Dawn both immediately exclaimed, "Hiei, don't!!"

He gave them an odd look, then picked Shuichi up off of his chair, and set him down on the floor.

The boy gave an animalistic growl, then promptly kicked Hiei in the most sensitive spot that a man has, and the koorime doubled over - his face landing right in the mashed potatoes.

He then fell back onto the floor, and tucked himself into the fetal position.

Shuichi smirked triumphantly. "Only I can sit by MY Dawn." He said.

Dawn decided to ignore that comment, and kneeled down beside Hiei. She peeled the bowl off of his face, and he whimpered slightly.

She ran a finger down his cheek, and put the finger into her mouth. She then grinned at him.

"You taste good."

He glared at her, then jumped to his feet, continuing to glare at Shuichi.

"You have a five-second head-start."

He gave the koorime a confused look. "What?"

"Run." Hiei said.

Shuichi broke into a full out run, up the stairs to where Skye was in the playroom. He slammed the door behind him, and she gave him a bored look.

"What did you do this time, genius?"

"I kicked Hiei in the balls. He was trying to take MY Dawn."

The miniature phoenix rolled her eyes. "Yeah right. In case you haven't noticed, they're mates."

"What's that?" He asked, giving her a questioning look.

The door suddenly started to come open, and Hiei's fingers were groping for the red-haired boy. He quickly slammed his back against the door, and the koorime let out another small scream when his fingers were caught in the door.

The tiny fox realized that the window was open, and took the opportunity to dash towards it and jump out.

Skye watched him, still bored, and looked up at Hiei when he slammed into the room.

"Where the hell did he go?!" He demanded.

"Hiei, please, calm down!" Kurama exclaimed.

"He just jumped out the window." Skye said calmly.

"WHAT?!" Amaya exclaimed.

"Relax, koishii, you have to remember that he isn't human." Kurama said, trying to calm the tennyo down.

Hiei ran towards the window and jumped out as well. Everyone quickly ran down the stairs, and outside, to where the small boy was being chased in circles around the house.

Kurama sighed in relief, when he realized that at the speed that Hiei was running at, he wasn't actually serious. He was probably only trying to teach his son a lesson...

He smiled slightly.

Everything was...wonderful.

He had a wonderful family, his friends were happy, and everything was goin to be alright...

I'd better go break them up before someone actually gets hurt...

Author's Notes : [sniffles] Well, that's it for this part of the story! Originally, I wasn't going to make another story, but I changed my mind! This isn't the end, and the first (at this point) three chapters of the next story are posted! It's called "New Generation: The Angel Keepers". Enjoy it!!

Also, I'll be posting another story very soon, which I think will be just as popular as this one. It's a Yu Yu Hakusho / Inu-Yasha crossover, and it focuses on Hiei and an OC, and Sesshoumaru and Rin. It's really good - I've already written the first chapter.

It's called Rain and Fire, so look out for it!!

Thanks to everyone who has ever reviewed for this series! We broke 200 reviews, and that means that I'll be doing some quizzes by the characters! Just give me a list of who you want to see fill out the quizzes, and I'll do it!

Other than that, thanks to everyone! I hope you enjoyed Kokoro No Kaitou!!!

People who made this fic possible:

LuckyKoorime, for help with plot. Thank you so much for sticking by me!!

Kaze Tsukai, there would be no humor without you.

Sasha, I'll try to make some ducks appear in another story...

Miyako14, I realize that you only beta-read two chapters, but I'm still grateful!!

Every single one of my lovely reviewers!!

miyako14 : Any time! You're the best!

ShadowBlue : Well, I'm glad that you did.

crimson7319 : Don't feel bad!! I really appreciate the correction!! Thanks for all of the support.

Chibi Lady & Lady Light : Thank you so much!!

Kagome0102 : Yeah, I'm evil that way. And thank you so much for being there throughout the entire story. Oh, and just so you know, I'll be posting a CYOA on my website pretty soon...

Story Weaver1 : That's a good start, but like I said, Naomi stays in Makai, and it has to focus on Shuichi and the other little people...only they have to be older...it would be awkward for ten-year-olds to save the world, LOL.

Suzaku no miko : Thank you so much!!

DarkVixenNisha : Naomi is one of my favorite characters.

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Sun Priestess : I'm glad that you liked that!! Naomi really is cool!

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Blue Pixie Dust : [blushes harder] Highlight of your week!? I feel so loved!! Just for that, the epilogue is dedicated to you!!

Here are a few stories that I'll be writing sometime, and I want you all to voice your opinion - which of these would you like to see written first?

Rain and Fire

A girl by the name of Rain helps Hiei when she was a child. Now, ten years later, she's in trouble. She's being chased by a gang of demons, and she has no idea as to why they want her. Hiei finds her again, and this time, he may have to return the favor...

Freedom - Body Soul

Tragedy occurs when Minamino Shuichi 'dies' from a mysterious disease. But he's not entirely gone...because Youko Kurama is still there. When the gingitsune only causes trouble, they bring in a familiar face to get him under control...Kuronue's little sister.

Under Suspicion

AU. Quistis is a prestigious lawyer. Seifer is a criminal accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend. What happens when you combine the two? Nothing good, that's for sure. Especially when Quistis starts to suspect that Seifer may actually be innocent for once... And while she tries to find Rinoa Heartilly's REAL murderer, she may be getting closer than she ever hoped to...

Choose Your Own Adventure: Dark Priestess

You're a normal girl with a normal life. That is, until your older brother comes home from college, and you find out that you're the reincarnation of an evil priestess destined to destroy the world...

Kagami Sekken (ORIGINAL)

Toshiko always wanted to lead a different kind of life. And when she finds a portal in her basement leading to 'Mirror World', she may have gotten more than she bargained for...

??? (ORIGINAL)

Kira Summers and her friend Raven never have been normal. But that's because they're demon-hunters. Ones who happento be the ones destined to save the world from the most powerful demon ever, who recently escaped from hell... And what happens when they meet two other demons who may not be as bad as they seem...?

Ten Things I Really Really Hate About You...

AU. Dark is the most popular guy in his school. Risa is the most popular girl. Then, one day, at Risa's party, Dark is dared to kiss her. But it turns out that the girl that he kissed was the wrong girl. And after she slaps him, he's determined to make her fall in love with him - just like every other girl in the school. Will he be willing to turn to the world's most un-popular boy, Daisuke Niwa, for help?

So, leave a review! I want to know what you thought of the lovely epilogue, and which of the above stories you'd like to see me write next! I hope that every one of you will also read my other stories! And so until then, ciao!!